Charles William Peach, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Charles William Peach

British naturalist and geologist

Date of Birth: 30-Sep-1800

Date of Death: 28-Feb-1886

Profession: naturalist, geologist, carcinologist

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Charles William Peach ALS (30 September 1800 – 28 February 1886) was a British naturalist and geologist.
He discovered fossils in Cornwall, after it had been stated by the geologists William Conybeare, that there were no fossil-bearing rocks in Cornwall.Charles William Peach resided at Bull Hill, Fowey, in a pretty house (then Victoria cottage ) overlooking the English Channel, where he was visited by Alfred Lord Tennyson and Charles Darwin, they would take regular boat trips to Mevagissey.
Tennyson would be a regular visitor and convalesced at Victoria cottage during illness