Overview
Henry Thomas Maire Witham FRSE FGS (1779–1844) was a British landowner remembered as an amateur palaeontologist and mineralogist.
He was an early researcher into the internal structure of fossil plants.
Life
He was born Henry Silvertop the son of John Silvertop of Minsteracres in Northumberland. His mother was Catherine Lawson of Brough.
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