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Rev William S Symonds (1818-1887) |
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William Symonds became interested in geology when a curate near Evesham and came to Pendock as vicar in 1845. He made contact with the leading geologists
including Murchison and became particularly interested in the Malvern Hills.
He helped to found the Woolhope Club and founded the Malvern Naturalists Field
Club in 1853 but continued to work with the Woolhope. He wrote forty-three
papers, several historical novels (including the excellent 'Malvern Chase') and
edited the papers of the great geologist Hugh Miller Murchison, who acknowledged
his work in Siluria. A great supported of Darwin but his faith in a 'God
of Nature' was not impaired. |
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