William Buckland DD, FRS (1784-1856) was a theologian and scientist, who is widely regarded as the founder of the science of geology.
Yet while seeing the earth as in an ongoing state of physical development, Buckland consistently argued a.
He was an older contemporary of Charles Darwin and played a central role in the ferment of ideas about the origins of the earth and of living things.
A polymath, Buckland was the first person to identify and describe the dinosaur, which he called Megalosaurus.
William Buckland DD, FRS (1784-1856) was a theologian and scientist, who is widely regarded as the founder of the science of geology