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John Phillips FRS (25 December 1800 – 24 April 1874) was an English geologist. In 1841 he published the first global geologic time scale based on the correlation of fossils in rock strata, thereby helping to standardize terminology including the term Mesozoic , which he invented.
Biography of John Phillips (1800 1874) - Eminent geologist - Fellow of the Royal Society, Professor of Geology, President of the Royal Geographical Society, Keeper of the Yorkshire Museum. History of science in Yorkshire.
contribution to geochronology. John Phillips, another English geologist, went on to describe the Mesozoic Era to accommodate what then was the Cretaceous, Jurassic, Triassic, and partially Permian strata, and the Kainozoic (Cainozoic, or Cenozoic) era to include Lyell’s Eocene, Miocene, and Pliocene.
Dec 25, 2014 · John Phillips, an English geologist, was born Dec. 25, 1800. Phillips came from Wiltshire, spent some years as head of the Yorkshire Museum, then served as professor of geology at King' College, London, but he is usually identified with Oxford University, where he succeeded the legendary William Buckland as reader of geology in 1856.
JOHN PHILLIPS (1800-1874), one of the foremost of the early geologists of England, was born 25th December 1800 at Marden in Wiltshire. His father belonged to an old Welsh family, but settled in England as an officer of excise and married the sister of William Smith, the "Father of English Geology."
Jan 1, 2015 · In 1841, using Smith's principle of identifying rock formations with fossils, Phillips named three major geological eras (listed here with his original spellings): Palæozoic ("old life" or "The Age of Fishes"), Mesozoic ("middle life" or "The Age of Reptiles") and Cænozoic ("new life" or "The Age of Mammals").
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;JOHN PHILLIPS (1800-1874), English geologist, was born on the 25th of December 1800 at Marden in Wiltshire. His father belonged to an old Welsh family, but settled in England as an officer of excise and married the sister of William Smith, the 'Father of English Geology.'
