George Bellas Greenough

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George Bellas Greenough was a pioneering 19th-century English geologist and cartographer known for helping establish geology as a scientific discipline in Britain.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf British scientist
cartographer
geologist
human
centuryOfActivity 19th century
19th-century geology
countryOfCitizenship Great Britain
United Kingdom
ethnicGroup English
familyName Greenough
fieldOfWork cartography
geology
givenName George
hasNotableRole early geological cartographer of Britain
founder figure of British geology
influenced development of British geology
influencedBy early 19th-century natural science in Britain
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Geological Society of London
name George Bellas Greenough self-link
notableFor helping establish geology as a scientific discipline in Britain
pioneering geological mapping in Britain
notableWork geological map of England and Wales
occupation cartographer
geologist
positionHeld president of the Geological Society of London
sexOrGender male
workLocation England
London, England
surface form: London

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Geological Society of London foundedBy George Bellas Greenough
George Bellas Greenough name George Bellas Greenough self-link