George Wollaston

GPTKB entity

Properties (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:British_Geological_Survey
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Copley_Medal
gptkbp:born 1780
gptkbp:child gptkb:George_Wollaston_Jr.
gptkbp:collaborations Henry De la Beche
gptkbp:contributedTo Geological surveys
gptkbp:contribution Geological mapping
gptkbp:died 1852
gptkbp:faculty gptkb:Adam_Sedgwick
gptkb:John_Farey
gptkb:Charles_Lyell
gptkb:James_Hutton
gptkb:John_Phillips
gptkb:Richard_Owen
gptkb:Roderick_Murchison
gptkb:William_Buckland
gptkb:William_Smith
Henry Thomas De la Beche
gptkbp:fellow gptkb:Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh
gptkbp:field Geology
gptkbp:fieldOfStudy Earth_Sciences
gptkbp:historicalSignificance 19th century geology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label George Wollaston
gptkbp:impact Geological education
gptkbp:influence gptkb:Geological_Society_of_London
Stratigraphic principles
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Charles_Lyell
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:William_Smith
gptkbp:influenceOn Modern geology
gptkbp:inventor gptkb:Wollaston_prism
gptkbp:involved Geological_mapping_of_England
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Wollastonite
gptkbp:legacy gptkb:Wollaston_Medal
gptkbp:members gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableWork Mineralogy_of_the_British_Isles
gptkbp:occupation Geologist
gptkbp:patentCitation Wollaston_prism_patent
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Philosophical_Transactions_of_the_Royal_Society
gptkbp:publishes On_the_Structure_of_Crystals
gptkbp:releaseYear Wollastonite_mineral
gptkbp:research Geological formations
gptkbp:researchAreas Paleontology
gptkbp:researchContribution Geological stratigraphy
Mineral classification
gptkbp:researchFocus Crystallography
gptkbp:researchInterest Field studies
gptkbp:residence gptkb:London
gptkbp:scientificName Geologists
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Wollaston