Pioneers of British Geology
- Mary Anning 1799-1847
- Thomas George Bonney 1833-1923
- William Buckland 1784-1856
- William Conybeare 1787-1857
- James Hutton 1726-1797 the "Father of modern geology"
- Charles Lapworth 1842–1920
- Sir Charles Lyell 1797-1875
- Gideon Mantell 1790-1852
- Sir Roderick Murchison 1792–1871
- John Phillips 1800–1874
- Adam Sedgwick 1785-1873
- William Smith 1769-1839 the "Father of English geology"
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