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William Whitaker

1836–1925

Geologist. Employed by the Geological Survey, 1857–96. Considered a pioneer of English hydrogeology. President, Geological Society of London, 1898–1900. FRS 1887.

Source

ODNB.

Bibliography

ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.

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