Joshua Toulmin Smith
1816–69
Geologist, publicist, and constitutional lawyer. Lived in the United States, 1837–42; lectured in Boston on phrenology and philosophy. Returned to England and was called to the bar, 1849. Studied geology in his spare time. First president of the Geologists’ Association, 1859. Studied the fossils of the Chalk.
Sources
DNB
Sarjeant 1980–96
Bibliography
DNB: Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. 63 vols. and 2 supplements (6 vols.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1912. Dictionary of national biography 1912–90. Edited by H. W. C. Davis et al. 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96.
Sarjeant, William A. S. 1980–96. Geologists and the history of geology: an international bibliography. 10 vols. including supplements. London: Macmillan. Malabar, Fla.: Robert E. Krieger Publishing.
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