William Buckland
Sign in to saveEnglish clergyman, geologist and palaeontologist (1784-1856)
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- Born
- 1784
- Died
- 1856
- Works
- 34
Top works
- Die Urwelt und ihre Wunder
- The zoology of Captain Beechey's voyage
- Die Urwelt und ihre Wunder, oder, allgemeine Dartstellung der Geschichte des Erdkörpers
- Geology and mineralogy considered with reference to natural theology
- Reliquiæ diluvianæ; or Observations on the organic remains contained in caves, fissures, and diluvial gravel, and on other geological phenomena, attesting the action of an universal deluge
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- VMD: Visual molecular dynamics
· 1996 · cited 61,303x
- Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure
· 1976 · cited 43,750x
- Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water
· 1983 · cited 38,900x
- QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,698x
- Preparation of Graphitic Oxide
· 1958 · cited 28,503x
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Key facts
- Born
- 12 March 1784, Axminster , Devon, England
- Died
- 14 August 1856 (aged 72), Islip, Oxfordshire , England
- Denomination
- Anglican
- Spouse
- Mary Morland ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1825 )
- Children
- 9, including Frank Buckland
- Alma mater
- Winchester College , Corpus Christi College, Oxford
- Known for
- Megalosaurus , coprolites
- Awards
- Copley Medal (1822), Wollaston Medal (1848)
- Fields
- Palaeontology
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Key dates
- Born
- 12 March 1784
- Died
- 24 August 1856
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- England
- Place of birth
- Axminster
- Place of death
- Islip
- Spouse
- Mary Buckland
- Occupation
- pastor
- Educated at
- Corpus Christi College
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William Buckland DD, FRS (12 March 1784 – 14 August 1856) was an English theologian, geologist and palaeontologist.
His work in the early 1820s proved that Kirkdale Cave in North Yorkshire had been a prehistoric hyena den, for which he was awarded the Copley Medal. It was praised as an example of how scientific analysis could reconstruct events in the distant past. He pioneered the use of fossilised faeces in reconstructing ecosystems, coining the term coprolites. Buckland also wrote the first full account of a fossil dinosaur, which he named Megalosaurus in 1824.
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