Here lived William Smith, Tucking Mill, Somerset in 1890.

BGS image ID: P259913

Here lived William Smith " Father of English Geology" Born 23rd March 1769, Died 28th August 1839. Plaque on wall at Tucking Mill, Somerset.

BGS image ID: P259997

Tucking Mill, 1890. The mill which was demolished in 1927.

Images are from the British Association for the Advancement of Science Photograph Collection held on deposit at the British Geological Survey.

Bob McIntosh

Richard Cox Gough, 1826-1902, Proprietor of Gough's Cave, Somerset.

Richard Cox Gough

A now partially faded photograph of Richard Cox Gough from the Geologists' Association Carreck Archive.
Gough was the cavern proprietor of Gough's Cave, a large and impressive stalactite/stalagmite filled cave in Cheddar, Somerset later also to become famous for 'Cheddar Man'. Genealogy information is available.

Signature of Richard Cox Gough - what a flourish!

Bob McIntosh