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William Buckland ( Backland ; in the outdated transcription William Buckland ; English William Buckland ; March 12, 1784 , Exminster , Devonshire , England , United Kingdom - August 24, 1856 , Clapham , England, ibid.) - British geologist and paleontologist , member of the Royal Society of London , Dean of Westminster Abbey .
Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Publications
- 3 Literature
- 4 References
Biography
He studied in theology at the University of Oxford , was engaged in the natural sciences. In 1813 he was invited to the newly opened Department of Mineralogy , with which he combined geology.
In his essay “Geology and mineralogy in relation to natural history” ( English Geology and mineralogy considered with reference to natural theology ), published in the supplemented and revised edition in 1864 by Richard Owen , Buckland tried to bring plutonic doctrine into possible agreement with biblical narratives . In 1845, he was appointed Westminster Dean.
Buckland entered the history of science by describing and naming the first open species of dinosaurs - the megalosaurus . In 1815, he bought the fossils found near Oxford, but he could not determine which animal they belonged to, until in 1818, Georges Cuvier , who visited him, suggested that these were the remains of a giant predatory lizard. In 1824, Buckland acquired the remains and presented them to the Royal Society, describing them as a new genus called the megalosaurus ( Latin Megalosaurus - “the great lizard”).
Buckland died in Clapham , near London.
The eldest of Buckland’s sons, Francis Buckland (December 17, 1826 - December 19, 1880) - regimental doctor of the English guard, author of the works “Natural Science Curiosities” ( English Curiosities of natural history , L. , 1858), “The Public History of British Fish” Familiar history of British fishes , 1873) and other popular natural history writings, which provided great services to fish farming in England. He founded at his own expense the Museum of Economic Fish Culture in London.
Publications
- Reliquiae diluvianae (2nd ed., L. , 1824)
- Geology and mineralogy considered with reference to natural theology (2 vols, L. , 1836; 4th ed. 1868, German translation of Agassis, 2 hours, Neuchatel, 1838-1839)
Literature
- Buckland, William // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- Foreign members of the Russian Academy of Sciences of the 18th – 21st centuries: Geology and mining. / Ans. Editor I. G. Malakhova. M.: GC RAS , 2012 .-- 504 p. ISBN 978-5-904509-08-8 (electronic version).