About Nathaniel Wetherell
Lived 1800 – 1875 (aged 75). Nathaniel Wetherell was a surgeon and geologist.
Nathaniel Thomas Wetherell MRCS FGS (6 September 1800 – 22 December 1875) was a British geologist and surgeon. His work involved the collection of various fossils found in England. He was born, lived, and died in Highgate, England.
Wetherell discovered a strange mixture of rocks and fossils of northern provenance in Coldfall Wood, Muswell Hill in 1835. This led subsequently to the recognition that glaciation had affected southern England.
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Who was Nathaniel Wetherell?
British geologist and surgeon (1800-1875)
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Nathaniel Wetherell was born on 6 September 1800.
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Nathaniel Wetherell died on 22 December 1875.
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Nathaniel Wetherell was a surgeon and geologist.
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