In Commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the death of William Smith (1769-1839)

Hugh Torrens (1)

1 COFRHIGEO - Comité français d'histoire de la géologie

It is sadly remarkable that this anniversary is likely to go quite unnoticed in the country of Smith's birth. So I accepted an invitation from France, to attempt this short appreciation of William Smith, with particular delight ; as Smith was one who made, and can be shown to have made, a great original contribution to geology. But I have tried not to be motivated by any chauvinism ; a concept of which the English seemed strangely unaware until educated from France ! (...)

Domaines: Histoire, Philosophie et Sociologie des sciences; Sciences de la Terre

Hugh Torrens. In Commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the death of William Smith (1769-1839). Travaux du Comité français d'Histoire de la Géologie, 1989, 3ème série (tome 3), pp.57-63. ⟨hal-00945598⟩