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The Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution (BRLSI),
16-18 Queen Square, Bath BA1 2HN, United Kingdom

The "Memoirs of William Smith, LL.D.", author of the Map of the Strata of England and Wales,

by his nephew and pupil, John Phillips FRS FGS


has been reprinted by the Institution from the original copy presented to BRLSI by the author.

The book outlines William Smith's working life, firstly in the Bath area, and afterwards throughout the UK, and is an extraordinary story that evolved through many phases. He travelled all round Britain, and gathered data towards his pioneering geological map of Britain, first drafted in 1801 as "A General Map of Strata found in England and Wales, by William Smith, surveyor", and eventually published in 1815. He lived to see the final vindication of his skills and ideas, ending in acclaim and endorsement as "the Father of English Geology".

The original book has c.150 pages, and was written by his nephew and assistant, John Phillips, himself an eminent geologist. Three important additions are included in the reprinted volume, by the leading authority on William Smith, Professor Hugh Torrens of Keele University, England:

* An introduction & general overview of the eventful life of William Smith;

* The William Smith lecture, given to the Geological Society of London in 2000; and

* A full triple index (People, Place, and Subject), to create a valuable reference tool.

The book is a hardback, 210 x 145mm, with 288 pages including 30 illustrations, printed on 100gsm white paper, and is bound in grey with blue and white titles. The price is £18.00 (sterling) plus postage.

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