Gideon Mantell - High Street, Lewes, UK
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Master Mariner
N 50° 52.345 E 000° 00.485
31U E 289502 N 5639902
This blue plaque indicates that Dr Gideon A Mantell "lived here". Dr Mantell was a surgeon and geologist who discovered fossil bones in the Sussex Weald. The building, to which the plaque is attached, is on the north west side of Lewes High Street.
Waymark Code: WMQ0N8
Location: South East England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 11/24/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Norfolk12
Views: 1

The Encyclopaedia Britannica website has an article about Gideon Mantell that tells us:

Gideon Algernon Mantell,  (born Feb. 3, 1790, Lewes, Sussex, Eng.—died Nov. 10, 1852, London), British physician, geologist, and paleontologist, who discovered four of the five genera of dinosaurs known during his time. Mantell studied the paleontology of the Mesozoic Era, particularly in Sussex, a region he made famous in the history of geological discovery. He demonstrated the freshwater origin of the Wealden series of the Cretaceous Period, and from them he brought to light and described the remarkable dinosaurian reptiles known as Iguanodon, Hylaeosaurus, Pelorosaurus, and Regnosaurus. He also described the Triassic reptile Telerpeton elginense. Mantell’s major works include The Fossils of the South Downs, or Illustrations of the Geology of Sussex (1822) and Medals of Creation (1844).

Blue Plaque managing agency: Unknown

Individual Recognized: Dr Gideon A Mantell

Physical Address:
High Street
Lewes, East Sussex United Kingdom


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