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William Smith Folded Maps

The Library is now selling folded copies of William Smith's 1815 map of England and Wales

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William Smith Online

William Smith Cross-Section

The Oxford University Museum of Natural History's collection of William Smith's maps, papers & diaries, digitised & available online.

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William Smith Bicentenary

William Smith (23 March 1769 - 28 August 1839)

In 1815 William Smith published the first edition of his Geological Map of England and Wales.

Smith’s map made a seminal contribution to the understanding of the ground beneath our feet and by showing the location of coal, iron ore, clays and other raw materials quite literally fuelled the industrial revolution. By using fossils Smith was able to establish a relative chronology which allowed him to identify strata of the same age and to show where they occur at the surface.

In his centenary history of the Geological Society, Horace B Woodward, (1908) describes the map as “a work of genius planned and executed single handed” and it would be remiss if the bicentenary of its publication passed unnoticed.

In 2015, a number of organisations are joined together for year-long programme of events celebrating this milestone.

Events

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Bath Geological Society Lecture: William Smith's Earliest Career to 1810

04 June 2015

Venue: Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, 16 Queen Square, Bath

  • Lecture

The Geologists' Association: Field Trip to Bath

06 June 2015

Venue: Bath, Venue to be Confirmed

  • Field trip

Bath Geological Society: William Smith Field Trip

13 June 2015

Venue: Bath, Venue to be Confirmed

  • Field trip

Poetry Reading at the Rotunda Museum, Scarborough

26 June 2015

Venue: Rotunda Museum, Vernon Road, Scarborough

  • Evening meeting
  • Social event

The Map that Changed the World - An Evening with Simon Winchester

26 June 2015

Venue: Natural History Museum

  • Lecture
  • Evening meeting

The Geologists' Association: William Smith Lecture

03 July 2015

Venue: The Geological Society, Burlington House, London

  • Lecture

The Geologists' House

09 July 2015

Venue: Burlington House, London

  • Social event
  • Evening meeting

Rotunda Museum: Animated Objects

23 July - 13 August 2015

Venue: Rotunda Museum, Scarborough

  • Workshop

Rotunda: William Smith Exhibition

28 July - 31 December 2015

Venue: Rotunda Museum, Scarborough

Sedgwick Museum: William Smith Exhibition and Family Trail

03 August - 17 September 2015

Venue: Sedgwick Museum, Cambridge

  • Social event
  • Workshop
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Organisations

The following organisations came together to celebrate the life and work of William Smith.

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The Geological Society
Geologists' AssociationSomersetshire Coal Canal
National Museum WalesOxford Museum of Natural History
Natural History Museum
University of Bristol
British Geological Survey
Yorkshire Museums Trust
Bath Geological SocietyYorkshire Philosophical Society
Lyme Regis Fossil Festival

Strata-Smith.com

Portrait of William Smith

A bicentennial celebration of the first geological map of England and Wales in 1815, Strata-smith.com is the largest online collection of Smith maps.

A free education resource, it allows users to view the maps in 3D, compare editions and overlay with modern geological maps.

Interactive Maps
Visit the William Smith Map

William Smith's 1815 map is on display at Burlington House

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