However a project to quarry Bath Stone near his property, for sale to the London property development market, failed to return the significant investment it had required due to poor quality stone and Smith found himself in default to co-investor Charles Conolly. I respect him for the important services he has rendered to geology, and I esteem him for the example of dignity, meekness, modesty, and candour, which he continually, though ineffectually, exhibits to his self-appointed champion.Another common but misleading narrative in some recent accounts of Smith’s map has Greenough's 1820 map undercutting the price and sales of Smith's map, thereby citing Greenough as a primary cause of landing Smith in debtor's prison.
William Smith (1769 – 1839), geologo inglese.. William Smith, (born March 23, 1769, Churchill, Oxfordshire, Eng.—died Aug. 28, 1839, Northampton, Northamptonshire), English engineer and geologist who is best known for his development of the science of stratigraphy.Smith’s great geologic map of England and Wales (1815) set the style for modern geologic maps, and many of the colourful names he applied to the strata are still in use today. William Smith (geologist) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William 'Strata' Smith (23 March 1769 – 28 August 1839) was an English geologist, credited with creating the first detailed, nationwide geological map of any country.
Now my feelings towards that gentleman are directly the reverse. (1978) “The Science of Minerals in the Age of Jefferson”. Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article.Smith was the son of an Oxfordshire blacksmith of farming stock.
His suspicion that the strata of His work on the canal continued until 1799, when he was abruptly dismissed, probably over an engineering dispute.
In attempting to stave off his debt Smith sold his 'fossil collection' to the Greene, J.C. and Burke, J.G.
His collection is especially good on In 1801, he drew a rough sketch of what would become the first geological map of most of
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Smith worked at one of the estate's older mines, the Mearns Pit at He published his findings with many pictures from his fossil collection, enabling others to investigate their distribution and test his theories. He also exhibited his maps and stratigraphic sections at agricultural fairs, such as the Holkham “Sheepshearings,” which he regularly attended. William Smith (Churchill, 23 marzo 1769 – Northampton, 28 agosto 1839) è stato un geologo inglese. Get exclusive access to content from our 1768 First Edition with your subscription.
Smith had used his Bath estate as security against Conolly's loan but there was excess to pay. Only seven when his father died, Smith was cared for by a farming uncle. (citato in AA.VV., Il libro della scienza, traduzione di Martina Dominici e Olga Amagliani, Gribaudo, 2018, p. 115.ISBN 9788858015001); Altri progetti [] However the Greenough map retailed to public at 6 guineas, thereby being a more expensive purchase than Smith’s map.Smith's various projects, starting with a mortgage taken to purchase his estate at Tucking Mill in Somerset in 1798, accrued financial commitments that ran into a series of difficulties which he managed to withstand by borrowing money from sympathetic creditors and mortgagors and funding repayments by taking on a relentless schedule of work commissions between 1801 and 1819. A common narrative in some recent accounts of Smith’s life and his map asserts that rivalry built up between Smith and the first President of the Your correspondent considers me, in common with many other persons, actuated by feelings of hostility towards Mr. Smith.