John Phillips (geologist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John Phillips (geologist)

English geologist

Date of Birth: 25-Dec-1800

Place of Birth: Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 24-Apr-1874

Profession: astronomer, geologist, paleontologist, botanist, explorer

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

John Phillips FRS (25 December 1800 – 24 April 1874) was an English geologist.
During 1841 he published the first global geologic time scale based on the correlation of fossils in rock strata, thereby helping to standardize terminology including the term Mesozoic, which he invented.