About William Bean II
Lived 1787 – 1866 (aged 78–79). William Bean II was a British malacologist, paleontologist and paleobotanist.
William Bean (1787–1866) was an English geologist and conchologist. He was a pioneer of Yorkshire geology. In 1859, he sold his collection of over 15,000 fossils (mostly from localities around Scarborough). The majority of his collection was purchased by the British Museum and the Yorkshire Philosophical Society.
Bean described several new species of Mollusca, including the whelk Beringius turtoni, named in honor of William Turton. Bean was associated with the Magazine of Natural History, and was a friend of Joshua Alder and Albany Hancock.
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Who was William Bean II?
English palaeontologist
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William Bean II was born in 1787.
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William Bean II died in 1866.
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William Bean II was a malacologist, paleontologist and paleobotanist.
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William Bean II was British.
Sources & further reading
· DBpedia: William Bean (geologist)
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