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Sir Henry Thomas De la Beche KCB, FRS (10 February 1796 – 13 April 1855) was an English geologist and palaeontologist, the first director of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, who helped pioneer early geological survey methods.
Apr 9, 2024 · Sir Henry Thomas De La Beche (born 1796, London, Eng.—died April 13, 1855, London) was a geologist who founded the Geological Survey of Great Britain, which made the first methodical geologic survey of an entire country ever undertaken.
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The Department of Geology at Amgueddfa Cymru houses one of the most important geological archives in the world. It contains over 2,000 items - letters, diaries, journals, sketches and photographs - of one of the leading geologists of the early 19th century, Sir Henry Thomas De la Beche (1796-1855). During the first half of the 19th century De ...
Sir Henry De la Beche (1796–1855) by Alexander Craig (1808–1878), c.1845, from Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales.
Henry Thomas de la Beche (10 de febrero de 1796-13 de abril de 1855) fue un geólogo británico. Biografía. Su padre, un oficial de la marina, con posesiones en Jamaica, murió cuando su hijo era aún joven. De la Beche pasó su juventud viviendo con su madre en Lyme Regis, donde adquirió su amor por la
In 1830, an English geologist named Henry Thomas De la Beche painted a watercolour of Dorset. The scene it portrayed was not a conventional one. Cows and green fields were notable by their absence. Instead, palm trees sprouted from otherwise bare lumps of rock.
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Feb 10, 2015 · Henry De la Beche, an English geologist, was born Feb. 10, 1796. He travelled extensively in his younger years and made geological sketches of the places he visited, for he was a skilled artist. In 1830, he published Sections and Views Illustrative of Geological...
