William Henry Fitton

(1780-1861)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Fitton, William Henry, 1780-1861 NRA: Fitton, William Henry (1780-1861), geologist DNB: Fitton, William Henry (1780–1861), physician and geologist LBT ID: WiFitto1861 VIAF ID: 47517277 LOC ID: nr98019733	B/BAP: 1780-01-24 DIED: 1861-05-13
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Educated under Samuel Whyte and at Trinity College, Dublin, Edinburgh University, and Cambridge University, he was an Irish physician who wrote on geology.