Who was William Buckland?
Q: Who was William Buckland?
A: William Buckland was an English theologian who became Dean of Westminster. He was also a geologist and palaeontologist, and is noted for being the first to write a full account of a fossil dinosaur which he named Megalosaurus.
Q: What did Buckland prove about Kirkdale Cave in Yorkshire?
A: Buckland proved that Kirkdale Cave in Yorkshire had been a prehistoric hyena den, for which he was awarded the Copley Medal of the Royal Society.
Q: What did Buckland use to reconstruct ancient ecosystems?
A: To reconstruct ancient ecosystems, Buckland used fossilized faeces (which he coined as coprolites).
Q: When was Buckland elected as a fellow of the Royal Society?
A: In 1818, Buckland was elected as a fellow of the Royal Society.
Q: What book did Buckland publish in 1823?
A: In 1823, Buckland published his work Reliquiæ Diluvianæ which became a best seller.
Q: What changed over the next decade regarding what had been taken as evidence of the 'Universal Deluge'?
A: Over the next decade, what had been taken as evidence of the 'Universal Deluge' two decades before was thought by Buckland to be evidence of major glaciation instead.
Q: How did William Buckland practice zoöphagy?
A:William buckand practiced zoöphagy by claiming to have eaten much of the animal kingdom.
