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| William Smith | The map that changed the world |
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William Smith is known as the father of geology, and one of the most famous geologists of all time. He was born the son of a Churchill blacksmith in 1769.
Smith's work established the chronological order of rock layers in the United Kingdom. But, as well as major scientific discovery, his personal experiences involved time in a debtors’ prison.
The exhibition in the Heritage Centre details his life, together with examples of his revolutionary geological maps.
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April – September 2010 Saturday and Sunday afternoons, 2.00-4.30pm FREE ADMISSION
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