paleontologist
William Daniel Conybeare.
English geologist and palaeontologist (1787-1857)
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About William Daniel Conybeare
William Daniel Conybeare FRS, dean of Llandaff, was an English geologist, palaeontologist and clergyman. He is probably best known for his ground-breaking work on fossils and excavation in the 1820s, including important papers for the Geological Society of London on ichthyosaur anatomy and the first published scientific description of a plesiosaur.
Everything about William Daniel Conybeare →- Occupation
- paleontologist, geologist, cleric
- Position held
- Dean of Llandaff
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- June 7, 1787
- Died
- August 12, 1857