William "Strata" Smith Obituary in Bath at Prior to Now Trust

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William "Strata" Smith

23/3/1769 - 28/8/1839

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Obituary For William "Strata" Smith

DIED

On the 28th ult., whilst on a visit at Northampton, on his way to the meeting of the British
Association, at Birmingham, in the 71st year of his age, William Smith, Ep. Il.D., and F.G.S.

The early history of this eminent observer of nature is sufficiently known from the address of
Professor Sedgwick, when awarding to him the Wool-laston Gold Medal on the part of the
Geological Society, on which occasion he was styled by common consent “the father of English geology!”