biography
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| lived:
| (1769–1839)
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| biography:
| Civil engineer, born in Churchill, Oxfordshire, SC England, UK. In 1794 he was appointed engineer to the Somerset Coal Canal and began his study of the strata of England, introducing the law of strata identified by fossils. His work as a geological engineer involved him in canal and colliery projects throughout the country, and the restoration of the hot springs at Bath. His epoch-making Geological Map of England (1815) was followed by 21 coloured maps of the geology of the English counties (1819–24), in which he was assisted by his nephew, John Phillips (1800–74). He was awarded the first Wollaston Medal (1831). |
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