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William Henry Fitton (24 January 1780 – 13 May 1861) was an Irish physician and amateur geologist.

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William Henry Fitton

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William Henry Fitton (24 January 1780 – 13 May 1861) was an Irish physician and amateur geologist. Fitton was born in Dublin and educated at Trinity College...

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Fitton

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Fitton is a surname of English origin. Notable people with the surname include: Alexander Fitton (Baron Fitton of Gawsworth) (c.1630–1698), Irish barrister...

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Berriasian

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Brongniart in 1829 following description by Henry De la Beche, William Buckland, Thomas Webster and William Henry Fitton. The base of the Berriasian, which is...

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Hypselospinus

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fittoni) by Richard Lydekker in 1889, the specific name honouring William Henry Fitton. In May 2010 the fossils comprising Hypselospinus were by David Norman...

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Thaumatrope

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that the thaumatrope was invented by the geologist William Henry Fitton. Babbage had told Fitton how the astronomer John Herschel had challenged him...

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Sarah Mary Fitton

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Margaret) Fitton was born in Dublin to Nicholas Fitton, a Dublin attorney, and his wife Jane Greene. She had one brother, William Henry Fitton, and two...

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Flood geology

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p. 99. Rudwick 1988, pp. 42–44. Rudwick 2008, p. 84, "But since William Henry Fitton and other geologists regarded [scriptural geology] as scientifically...

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1852 in science

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Copley Medal: Alexander von Humboldt Wollaston Medal for Geology: William Henry Fitton March 25 – Charles Loomis Dana (died 1935), American neurologist...

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Optical toys

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Brewster 1822 Polyorama Panoptique Pierre Seguin? 1825 Thaumatrope William Henry Fitton? introduced by John Ayrton Paris 1827 Kaleidophone Charles Wheatstone...

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Wollaston Medal

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Sedgwick 1852 William Henry Fitton 1853 Adolphe d'Archiac 1853 Édouard de Verneuil 1854 Richard John Griffith 1855 Henry De la Beche 1856 William Edmond Logan...

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History of creationism

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pp. 42-44 Livingstone, Hart & Noll 1999, pp. 178–179 "But since [William Henry Fitton] and other geologists regarded [scriptural geology] as scientifically...

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Mary Fitton

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was Edward Fitton. Mary Fitton became a maid of honour to Queen Elizabeth in about 1595. Her father recommended her to the care of Sir William Knollys,...

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Barony of Halton

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Runcorn; with an account of the ancient village of Weston ... Drawings by H. Fitton. [Reprinted from the "Runcorn Guardian."]. London and Warrington: Mackie...

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Alexander Fitton

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having spent many years in prison for a criminal offence. Fitton was the second son of William Fitton of Awrice (or Awne), County Limerick and his wife Eva...

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William Buckland

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William Buckland DD, FRS (12 March 1784 – 14 August 1856) was an English theologian who became Dean of Westminster. He was also a geologist and palaeontologist...

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Whale Chine

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Atherfield to Rocken End on the south-west coast of the Isle of Wight, William Henry Fitton, The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, Vol....

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List of presidents of the Geological Society of London

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Compton, Earl Compton 1822–1824 William Babington 1824–1826 William Buckland 1826–1827 John Bostock 1827–1829 William Henry Fitton 1829–1831 Adam Sedgwick 1831–1833...

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Scriptural geologist

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creationism Rudwick 1988, pp. 42–44. Rudwick 2008, p. 84, "But since [William Henry Fitton] and other geologists regarded [scriptural geology] as scientifically...

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Henry De la Beche

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Sir Henry Thomas De la Beche KCB, FRS (10 February 1796 – 13 April 1855) was an English geologist and palaeontologist, the first director of the Geological...

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Michael Fitton

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Michael Fitton (1766–1852) was an English lieutenant in the Royal Navy. During his career he made some 30 to 40 captures of enemy, chiefly French, vessels...

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William Hopkins

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William Hopkins FRS (2 February 1793 – 13 October 1866) was an English mathematician and geologist. He is famous as a private tutor of aspiring undergraduate...

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Earl of Pembroke

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Thorpe, the owner of the published manuscript, while his mistress, Mary Fitton, has been identified with the "dark lady" of the sonnets. In both cases...

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