LORD BYRON and his TIMES
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| NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Phillips, John, 1800-1874 DNB: Phillips, John (1800-1874), geologist LBT ID: JoPhill1874 VIAF ID: 96438541 LOC ID: n80010385 | B/BAP: 1800-12-25 DIED: 1874-04-24 |
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Raised by his uncle, the geologist William Smith (1769–1839), he lectured on fossils and
was professor of geology at King's College, London (1834-39) and keeper of the Ashmolean
Museum, Oxford (1854–70). | |
