William Henry Fitton
William Henry Fitton (24 January 1780 – 13 May 1861) was an Irish physician and amateur geologist.
Biography
Fitton was born in
In 1820, having married a lady of means, Fitton settled in London, and devoted himself to geology. His Observations on some of the Strata between the Chalk and the Oxford Oolite, in the South-east of England (Trans. Geol. Soc. ser. 2, vol. iv.) embodied a series of researches extending from 1824 to 1836, and form the memoir known as Fitton's Strata below the Chalk. In this work he established the true succession and relations of the Upper and Lower Greensand, and of the Wealden and Purbeck formations, and elaborated their detailed structure. He had been elected fellow of the
Family
Fitton had three sisters, Sarah Mary, Elizabeth (fl. 1817–1834) and Susanna.[4] Sarah and Elizabeth wrote Conversations on Botany, which influenced the popularity of botany as a field of scientific study for women.[5]
Notes
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- ^ Chisholm 1911, p. 440.
- ^ Chisholm 1911, pp. 440–441.
- ^ Crabbe, Richard Marston. "The Inspiring Story of William Henry Fitton". Irish Genealogical Research Society. Archived from the original on 23 January 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- ^ Shteir, Ann B. (1996). Cultivating women, cultivating science : Flora's daughters and botany in England, 1760-1860. Baltimore and London: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 89–93.
References
- Gass, KC. 2000. Fragments of History. Specialized Quality Publications, Wisconsin Rapids, 41p.
- Wyse Jackson, Patrick N. 1998. William Henry Fitton (1780–1861) and the Wollaston Medal of 1852. Geoscientist vol. 6, p. 10.
Attribution:
- public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Fitton, William Henry". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 10 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 440–441. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
External links
- Works by or about William Henry Fitton at Wikisource