This brief history of William Smith, who initiated the Principle of Faunal Succession, covers his early education, his employment as an assistant surveyor to Edward White, and his time as construction supervisor of the Somerset Canal in southwestern England. The text explains his production of a geological map of England and final recognition in 1831, when he received the Wollaston Medal, the highest honor awarded each year for outstanding achievement in geology by the Geological Society of London.
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