 | Science - 1831 - 460 pages
...justified the terms of the following award, viz. ' That the first Wollaston Medal be given to Mr W. Smith, in consideration of his being a great original discoverer in English Geology, and especially for his having been the first to discover and to teach the identification of strata, and... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1832 - 618 pages
...has, by the the donation of the late lamented Dr. Wollaston, the office of adjudging, was given to Mr. Smith, ' in consideration of his being a great original discoverer in English geology ; and especially for his having been the first, in this country, to discover and to teach the identification... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1832 - 614 pages
...has, by the donation of the late lamented Dr. Wollaston, the office of adjudging, was given to Mr. Smith, ' in consideration of his being a great original discoverer in English geology ; and especially for his having been the first, in this country, to discover and to teach the identification... | |
 | William Whewell - Science - 1837 - 1046 pages
...deprived of his well-merited share of fame. His delay in publication made it difficult to remedy this ; for soon after he published his geological map of...great original discoverer in English geology ; and especially for his having been the first in this country to discover and to teach the identification... | |
 | William Whewell - Induction (Logic) - 1837 - 646 pages
...though, perhaps, not quite independent of his, yet in many respects much more detailed and correct. Tims, though his general ideas obtained universal currency,...great original discoverer in English geology; and especially for his having been the first in this country to discover and to teach the identification... | |
 | Natural history - 1839 - 654 pages
...Geological Society of London awarded the first medal placed at their disposal by the bequest of Wollaston, to Mr. William Smith, "in consideration of his being...great original discoverer in English Geology : and especially for his being the first, in this country, to discover and to teach the identification of... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson - Natural history - 1839 - 654 pages
...Geological Society of London awarded the first medal placed at their disposal by the bequest of Wollaston, to Mr. William Smith, "in consideration of his being...great original discoverer in English Geology : and especially for his being the first, in this country, to discover and to teach the identification of... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1840 - 740 pages
...Geological Society of London awarded the first medal placed at their disposal by the bequest of Wollaston to Mr. William Smith, " in consideration of his being...great original discoverer in English Geology; and especially for his being the first, in this country, to discover and to teach the identification of... | |
 | 1842 - 524 pages
...in 1 83 1 , awarded to him the first medal placed at their disposal by the bequest of Wollaston, ' in consideration of his being a great original discoverer in English geology ; and especially for his being the first, in this country, to discover and to teach the identification of... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1842 - 526 pages
...which, in 1831, awarded to him the first medal placed at their disposal by the bequest of Wollaslon, 'in consideration of his being a great original discoverer in English geology: and especially for his being the first, in this country, to discover and to leach the identification of... | |
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Thus, though his general ideas obtained universal currency, he did not assume his due prominence as a geologist. In 1818, a generous attempt was made to direct a proper degree of public gratitude to him, in an article in the Edinburgh Review, the production... 
