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William 'Strata' Smith (23 March 1769 – 28 August 1839) was an English geologist, credited with creating the first detailed, nationwide geological map of any country. At the time his map was first published he was overlooked by the scientific community; his relatively humble education and family connections prevented him from mixing easily in learned society.
- Wollaston Medal (1831)
- Geological map of England and Wales
Apr 9, 2024 · William Smith (born March 23, 1769, Churchill, Oxfordshire, Eng.—died Aug. 28, 1839, Northampton, Northamptonshire) was an English engineer and geologist who is best known for his development of the science of stratigraphy. Smith’s great geologic map of England and Wales (1815) set the style for modern geologic maps, and many of the ...
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Lived 1769 - 1839. William Smith, known in his day as “Strata Smith”, was a civil engineer and geologist. The "Father of English Geology", he was responsible for initiating the production of the first geological map of England and Wales. Life and Education Born in March 23, 1769 at The Forge in Churchill, Oxfordshire, England,
May 8, 2008 · William Smith was born on March 23, 1769. When he was eight, his father died, and his mother sent him to live on an uncle’s farm. Smith’s own nephew would later recount how the boy’s new guardian “was little pleased with his nephew’s love of collecting ‘pundibs’ and ‘poundstones’” that littered the farm.
- Michon Scott
- 2008
Apr 29, 2014 · Smith was only formally recognised for his accomplishments and discoveries very late in his life, receiving the Wollaston Medal in 1831, the highest honour given in the geological sciences. His legacy lived on with his nephew and ward John Phillips, a key figure in the founding of this Museum and a Professor of Geology at Oxford in the late ...
Jun 11, 2018 · SMITH, WILLIAM. ( b. Churchill, Oxfordshire, England, 23 March 1769; d. Northampton England, 28 August 1839) geology. Smith’s father, John, was a village blacksmith; but his grandparents and great-grandparents were small farmers in Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire. His mother, Ann, daughter of an unrelated William Smith, was also descended ...
William Smith. WILLIAM SMITH. Known as ‘the father of English geology’, William Smith worked as a surveyor, building canals and draining marshes in England during the Industrial Revolution. Although his humble background was not typical for a scientist of his day, he is now famous for revolutionising the study of geological time ...
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