 | Peter Martin Duncan - Naturalists - 1882 - 388 pages
...value of ten guineas, be procured with the least possible delay. " 2. That the first Wollaston medal be given to Mr. William Smith, in consideration of his...great original discoverer in English geology; and especially for his having been the first, in this country, to discover and to teach the identification... | |
 | John Willis Clark, Thomas McKenny Hughes - Geologists - 1890 - 596 pages
...the Council met to decide upon the first award. They resolved unanimously that the medal should "be given to Mr William Smith, in consideration of his...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 - 1894 - 668 pages
...conceived the intention of publishing his discoveries ; but the want of literary leisure and hnbits long prevented him. His knowledge was orally communicated...great original discoverer in English geology ; and especially for his having been the first in this country to discover and to teach the identification... | |
 | Henry Woodward - Electronic journals - 1897 - 656 pages
...by the Council of the Geological Society (January 11, 1831) — " That the first Wollaston Medal be given to Mr. William Smith, in consideration of his...great original discoverer in English Geology ; and especially for his having been the first, in this country, to discover and to teach the identification... | |
 | 1831 - 740 pages
...first time since the death of its illustrious institutor, awarded. The Resolution stated, that it was ' given to Mr. William Smith, in consideration of his...great original discoverer in English Geology ; and especially for his having been the first, in this country, to discover and to teach the identification... | |
 | John Willis Clark, Thomas McKenny Hughes - 1970 - 596 pages
...the Council met to decide upon the first award. They resolved unanimously that the medal should "be given to Mr William Smith, in consideration of his...great original discoverer in English Geology ; and especially for his having been the first, in this country, to discover and to teach the identification... | |
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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... 
