William Conybeare (geologist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

William Conybeare (geologist)

English geologist and palaeontologist

Date of Birth: 07-Jun-1787

Place of Birth: Horsham, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 12-Aug-1857

Profession: geologist, paleontologist

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

William Daniel Conybeare FRS (7 June 1787 – 12 August 1857), dean of Llandaff, was an English geologist, palaeontologist and clergyman.
He is probably best known for his ground-breaking work on marine reptile fossils in the 1820s, including important papers for the Geological Society of London on ichthyosaur anatomy and the first published scientific description of a plesiosaur.