William Martin

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1767 – 1810

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Who was William Martin?

William Martin was an English naturalist and palaeontologist who proposed that science should use fossils as evidence to support the study of natural history. Martin published the first colour pictures of fossils and the first scientific study of fossils in English.

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Born
1767
Mansfield
Died
1810
Macclesfield

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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