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William Buckland

1784 - 1856

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William Buckland DD, FRS (12 March 1784 – 14 August 1856) was an English theologian who became Dean of Westminster. He was also a geologist and palaeontologist. Buckland wrote the first full account of a fossil dinosaur, which he named Megalosaurus. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Buckland has received more than 490,832 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). William Buckland is the 25th most popular geologist (up from 29th in 2019), the 1,906th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,221st in 2019) and the 7th most popular British Geologist.

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Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, William Buckland ranks 25 out of 59. Before him are Christian Leopold von Buch, Giuseppe Mercalli, John Tuzo Wilson, Jean-André Deluc, Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu, and Vladimir Obruchev. After him are Adam Sedgwick, Richard Kirwan, Harry Hammond Hess, Arthur Holmes, Albert Heim, and Alexander von Keyserling.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1784, William Buckland ranks 34. Before him are Sándor Kőrösi Csoma, George Onslow, Fructuoso Rivera, Duchess Maria Elisabeth in Bavaria, François-Joseph Fétis, and Duke George of Oldenburg. After him are Archduke Louis of Austria, Denis Davydov, Bagyidaw, Juan Antonio Lavalleja, Leopoldo Nobili, and Christopher Hansteen. Among people deceased in 1856, William Buckland ranks 26. Before him are Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov, Augustin Thierry, David d'Angers, Charles Frédéric Gerhardt, Pyotr Chaadayev, and Carl, 3rd Prince of Leiningen. After him are Nicolas-Charles Bochsa, Johann Kaspar Mertz, Karel Havlíček Borovský, Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, Wilhelm von Biela, and Emil Aarestrup.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Buckland ranks 1,906 out of 7,765. Before him are Robert Conquest (1917), Cynric (450), Prince Arthur of Connaught (1883), John Paul Jones (1747), Centwine of Wessex (643), and William of Winchester, Lord of Lunenburg (1184). After him are Ine of Wessex (700), Anne Conway (1631), Gregor MacGregor (1786), E. Nesbit (1858), John Dollond (1706), and John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe (1859).

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Among GEOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among geologists born in United Kingdom, William Buckland ranks 7. Before him are Charles Lyell (1797), Mary Anning (1799), James Hutton (1726), Eduard Suess (1831), William Smith (1769), and Gideon Mantell (1790). After him are Adam Sedgwick (1785), Arthur Holmes (1890), John Phillips (1800), William Nicol (1770), Henry Clifton Sorby (1826), and Joseph Thomson (1858).

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