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Conybeare was born in London and educated at Christ Church, Oxford. Having entered holy orders he became in 1814 curate of Wardington, near Banbury, and he accepted also a lectureship at Brislington near Bristol. During this period he was one of the founders of the Bristol Philosophical Institution (1822). He was rector of Sully in Glamorganshire from 1823 to 1836, and vicar of Axminster from 1836 to 1844. He was appointed Bampton lecturer in 1839, and was instituted to the deanery of Llandaff in 1845.

Attracted to the study of geology by the lectures of Dr John Kidd he pursued the subject with ardour. As soon as he had left college he made extended journeys in Britain and on the continent, and he became one of the early members of the Geological Society. Both William BucklandWilliam Buckland ( March 12, 1784 August 24, 1856) was an English geologist and palaeontologist. Buckland was born at Axminster in Devon. He studied at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. In 1813 he was appointed reader in mineralogy in succession to John Kid and Adam SedgwickAdam Sedgwick ( March 22nd, 1785 January 27, 1873) was one of the founders of modern geology. He proposed the Devonian period of the geological timescale and later the Cambrian period. The latter proposal was based on work which he did on Welsh rock strat acknowledged their indebtedness to him for instruction received when they first began to devote attention to geology. In 1821 he distinguished himself by the description of a skeleton of the PlesiosaurPlesiosaurs were large carnivorous marine reptiles that lived during the Mesozoic period. Despite being large reptiles, they were not a type of dinosaur. There are two major kinds of plesiosaur. One type is characterized by having a large head and a short, discovered by Mary AnningMary Anning ( May 21, 1799 March 9, 1847) was an early British fossil collector and paleontologist. Born in the coastal southern English village of Lyme Regis in Dorset, Mary Anning was (it is said) marked out for an unusual life at the age of 15 months., and his account has been confirmed in all main points by subsequent researches. Among his most important memoirs is that on the south-western coal district of England, written in conjunction with William BucklandWilliam Buckland ( March 12, 1784 August 24, 1856) was an English geologist and palaeontologist. Buckland was born at Axminster in Devon. He studied at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. In 1813 he was appointed reader in mineralogy in succession to John Kid, and published in 1824. He wrote also on the valley of the ThamesSeveral places exist with the name Thames and the word is also used as part of several brand and company names Most famous is the River Thames in England, on which the city of London stands Other Thames Rivers There is a Thames River in Canada There is a, on Elie de Beaumont's theory of mountain-chains, and on the great landslip which occurred near Lyme RegisLyme Regis is a coastal town in West Dorset, England. The town has a population of 3,513 ( 2001), 45% are retired. Lyme Regis lies on the South Coast of England at the Dorset- Devon border. It is nicknamed "The Pearl of Dorset". In the 13th century it dev in 1839.

His principal work, however, is the Outlines of the Geology of England and Wales (1822), being a second edition of the small work issued by William PhillipsWilliam Phillips ( May 10, 1775 April 2, 1828) was a British mineralogist and geologist. Phillips was the son of James Phillips, printer and bookseller in London. He became interested in mineralogy and geology, and was one of the founders of the Geologica and written in co-operation with that author. The original contributions of Conybeare formed the principal portion of this edition, of which only Part I, dealing with the Carboniferous and newer strata, was published. It affords evidence throughout of the extensive and accurate knowledge possessed by Conybeare; and it exercised a marked influence on the progress of geology in this country. He was a fellow of the Royal Society and a corresponding member of the Institute of France. In 1844 he was awarded the Wollaston Medal by the Geological Society of London.

This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. 1911 Britannica