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Geologist and Priest
William Buckland
19th-century geologist, palaeontologist, and Anglican priest who named the first dinosaur, Megalosaurus, in 1824, helping found the science of palaeontology.
Known For
First scientific description of a dinosaur (Megalosaurus)Pioneering work in geology and palaeontology
Canon
Books
■Notice on the Megalosaurus or great Fossil Lizard of Stonesfield(1824)