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William Pengelly

William Pengelly
FRS, FGS
Pengelly, William.jpg
Born 1812
Died 1894
Residence Lamorna, Torquay
Society Membership
membership ASL ordinary fellow and local secretary
ASL Foundation Fellow
AI Local Secretary
left

1869.01.05 resigned (but rejoins)

1894 deceased
elected_AI 1885.01.27
elected_ASL 1863
societies Royal Society
Geological Society
Palaeontographical Society

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father of Hester? (same address)
1885.01.13 proposed
death noted in report of the council for 1894

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William Pengelly, FRS FGS (12 January 1812 – 16 March 1894) was a British geologist and early archaeologist who was one of the first to contribute proof that the Biblical chronology of the earth calculated by Archbishop James Ussher was incorrect.

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