Buckland, William 1784-1856

Overview

Works:	215 works in 622 publications in 5 languages and 3,971 library holdings
Genres:	History Biography Records and correspondence Dictionaries Sermons Criticism, interpretation, etc Classification Terminology
Roles:	Author, Editor, Other
Classifications:	BL175, 560

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Most widely held works about William Buckland

The great chain of history : William Buckland and the English school of geology (1814-1849) by Nicolaas A Rupke( Book )
Bones and ochre : the curious afterlife of the Red Lady of Paviland by Marianne Sommer( Book )
The life and correspondence of William Buckland, D.D., F.R.S., sometime dean of Westminster, twice president of the Geological society, and first president of the British association by E. O Gordon( Book )
An Irish naturalist in Cuvier's laboratory : the letters of Joseph Pentland 1820-1832 by Joseph Barclay Pentland( Book )
[Reverend William Buckland correspondence] by William Buckland( )

Remarks on Dr. Buckland's view of the mosaic creation, as the last fitting up of the earth: with a notice of the recorded extent of the deluge by W. G. C( Book )
The life and correspondence of William Buckland, D. Dl., F.R.S., sometime Dean of Westminster, twice president of the Geological Society, and first president of the British Association by Elizabeth Oke (Buckland) Gordon( Book )
The mysterious bone by Robert Hirschfeld( Book )
Geology and mineralogy as exhibiting the power, wisdom, and goodness of God by William Buckland( Book )
The life and correspondence of William Buckland, sometime Dean of Westminster, twice president of the Geological Society, and first president of the British Association by E. O Gordon( Book )
Letters and communications from Americans by Royal Society (Great Britain)( )
The Meaning of fossils( Visual )
The life and correspondence of William Buckland by Mary Gordon( Book )
William Buckland's model of Plymouth Breakwater: Some geological and scientific connexions by Margaret Green( Book )
The canon, the chemist and the dinosaurs by Allan Chapman( Book )
Was this, then, antediluvian man? by Edward W Nield( Book )
[Biographical information on William Buckland]( Book )
Cuvier -- Buckland -- Mantell et les dinosaures by Philippe Taquet( )
Sir William Edward Parry correspondence to Sir John Franklin, undated by William Edward Parry( )
by Alexander von Humboldt( )

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Most widely held works by William Buckland

Geology and mineralogy considered with reference to natural theology by William Buckland( Book )

120 editions published between 1836 and 2015 in English and German and held by 1,114 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Classic geological and palaeontological textbook, from William Buckland, the first professor for Geology in Oxford and this is the first American edition which had a great influence in the US! Buckland's importance lay "in helping to redefine the nature and method of a geological explanation. Buckland and other geologists wished to produce detailed explanations that would in effect constitute a geological history, period by period, of the events of a given locality. Buckland was thus one of the men, perhaps the ablest and probably the most acute, who built a typically "British" geology, based on careful local stratigraphy and local dynamic explanations but revivified by the addition of fossil evidence". - DSB II, p.567-68

Reliquiæ diluvianæ : or, Observations on the organic remains contained in caves, fissures, and diluvial gravel and on other geological phenomena attesting the action of a universal deluge by William Buckland( Book )

53 editions published between 1823 and 2011 in English and Latin and held by 483 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

William Buckland (1784–1856), Dean of Westminster, was an English geologist best known for his contributions to palaeontology. He became the first Reader in Geology at the University of Oxford in 1818. Buckland spent 1819–1822 investigating fossil remains in caves, in order to refine his concept of catastrophism. His research led him to the realisation that hyena remains in Kirkland Cave, Yorkshire, were the remains of an ancient ecosystem and were not relics of the Flood; this led to his being awarded the Copley Medal by the Royal Society of London in 1822. This volume, first published in 1823, contains a full account of Buckland's influential research in Kirkland Cave, which demonstrated for the first time the ability of scientific analysis to reconstruct events from deep time. Buckland's support for and influential revision of the concept of catastrophism is also illustrated in this volume

Journal of an embassy from the governor general of India to the court of Ava by John Crawfurd( Book )

17 editions published between 1829 and 2012 in English and held by 168 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

After studying medicine at Edinburgh, John Crawfurd (1783-1868) joined the medical service of the East India Company. While posted at Penang, he studied the Malay language and culture and became an expert in Eastern affairs. His talent was recognised by the British Government, which entrusted to him both administrative and diplomatic responsibilities. He was sent as an envoy on many missions, most notably to the Court of Siam (Thailand) where his efforts led to a possibility of opening up the diplomatic relations between the two countries, troubled since the seventeenth century. In 1827, he was sent on his last diplomatic assignment in the service of the East India Company, to the Court of Ava (then the capital of present-day Myanmar (Burma)). This 1829 work describes his experiences at Ava, and provided a reference source for subsequent missions. The appendix contains several relevant official communiqués

The zoology of Captain Beechey's voyage : compiled from the collections and notes made by Captain Beechey, the officers and naturalists of the expedition, during a voyage to the Pacific and Behring's Straits performed in His Majesty's ship Blossom, under the command of Captain F.W. Beechey ... in the years 1825, 26, 27 and 28 by John Richardson( )

3 editions published in 1839 in English and held by 135 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

La géologie et la minéralogie dans leurs rapports avec la théologie naturelle by William Buckland( Book )

12 editions published in 1838 in French and held by 86 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A dictionary of statistical terms. Supplement. A combined glossary in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish by Maurice G Kendall( Book )

22 editions published in 1960 in 4 languages and held by 82 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Vindiciæ geologicæ, or The connexion of geology with religion : explained in an inaugural lecture delivered before University of Oxford, May 15, 1819, on the endowment of readership in geology by William Buckland( Book )

5 editions published between 1820 and 1968 in English and held by 67 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Vindiciæ geologicæ : the connexion of geology with religion, explained in an inaugural lecture delivered before University of Oxford, May 15, 1819, on the endowment of readership in geology by William Buckland( Book )

10 editions published between 1820 and 1968 in English and held by 53 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Geology and mineralogy as exhibiting the power, wisdom, and goodness of God by William Buckland( Book )

6 editions published between 1869 and 2012 in English and held by 53 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The zoology of Captain Beechey's voyage by Frederick William Beechey( Book )

5 editions published in 1839 in English and held by 50 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Geology and mineralogy by William Buckland( Book )

4 editions published between 1980 and 2013 in English and held by 49 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Geology and mineralogy considered with reference to natural theology by William Buckland( Book )

19 editions published between 1836 and 2011 in English and held by 44 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Die Urwelt und ihre Wunder by William Buckland( Book )

7 editions published in 1837 in German and held by 44 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An inquiry whether the sentence of death pronounced at the fall of man included the whole animal creation, or was restricted to the human race. A sermon preached in the cathedral of Christ-church, before the University of Oxford, January 27, 1839 by William Buckland( Book )

8 editions published in 1839 in English and held by 26 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

On the vitality of toads enclosed in stone and wood by William Buckland( Book )

5 editions published between 1832 and 1978 in English and held by 23 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Professor Buckland's reply to some observations in Dr. Fleming's remarks on the distribution of British animals by William Buckland( Book )

3 editions published between 1825 and 1979 in English and held by 22 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

On the adaptation of the structure of the sloths to their peculiar mode of life by William Buckland( Book )

5 editions published between 1834 and 1977 in English and held by 22 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The evolution debate, 1813-1870 by Charles Darwin( Book )

12 editions published in 2003 in English and held by 22 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"On the Origin of Species" caused an uproar when it was first published in 1859. This volume is a facsimile of one of the original copies sent to the eminent geologist Leonard Horner. The volume also includes sample pages from Darwin's original handwritten manuscript; the exclusive property of the Natural History Museum

Observations relative to the fossil elk of the Isle of Mann by H. R Oswald( Book )

3 editions published between 1825 and 1977 in English and held by 22 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A sermon preached in Westminster Abbey : on Easter Sunday Evening, April 23, 1848, on the occasion of the re-opening of the choir, and the application of the transepts to the reception of the congregation by William Buckland( Book )

4 editions published in 1848 in English and held by 22 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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