Buckland, William, 1784-1856 (English theologian, geologist)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 12 March 1784 - 14 August 1856
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Travel Journal, 1819-1824
Item
Identifier: Coll-203/A2/2
Scope and Contents
Travel journal detailing tours with Professor Buckland, covering Kinnordy (1819), Paris (1823), and Cornwall with Prevost, (1824).The pages are unnumbered. In July, Lyell travels from Exeter to Lyme, Honiton to Axminster. Comments on beauty of area. On Saturday 3rd July he is at Lyme and 'called on Mary Anning' who discovered a large ichthyosaur 'a fortnight ago'. Prevost sketches it, and Anning states she think it will sell for £120. While there, Lyell witnessed 'entry of a newly discovered...
Dates:
1819-1824