Life and Correspondence of William Buckland, D.d., F.r.s. - Sometime Dean of Westminster, Twice President of Geological Society,

Klappentext Detailed and fascinating! this 1894 publication offers a personal insight into the life and career of eminent geologist William Buckland. Zusammenfassung This 1894 publication details the extraordinary life of distinguished geologist and Dean of Westminster! William Buckland. Compiled by his daughter almost four decades after Buckland's death! this biography presents an unusually personal account of the famed geologist's esteemed career and is supplemented with several photographs and illustrations. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface W. Boyd Dawkins; 1. 1784-1808; 2. 1808-1822; 3. 1822-1824; 4. 1825-1830; 5. 1831-1841; 6. 1839-1845; 7. Landslip at Axmouth, 1839; 8. The Bridgewater Treatise on 'Geology and Mineralogy considered with reference to Natural Theology'; 9. Life at Westminster; 10. The garden at Islip; Appendix; Index.

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• Authors: William Buckland, Buckland William, Elizabeth Oke Gordon, Elizabeth Oke Buckland Gordon, Gordon Elizabeth Oke
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.08.2010
• EAN: 9781108021630
• ISBN: 978-1-108-02163-0
• No. of pages: 322
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Earth Science
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geology; SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, Geological surface processes (geomorphology), Geomorphology and geological surface processes