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William Smith and Edward Webb green plaque

Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom

William Smith and Edward Webb green plaque

William Smith (1769-1839) stayed with Edward Webb (surveyor) in this house from 1787 to 1791. Smith's pioneering geological map of Britain in 1815 earned him the Title "Father on English Geology"

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