CHAPTER IV. 
CANON OF CHRIST CHURCH, JULY 1825 ; MARRIAGE, 
DECEMBER 31 ST, 1825 ; WEDDING TOUR, 1826; 
FAMILY LIFE AT CHRIST CHURCH ; MARY ANNING, 
THE GEOLOGIST OF LYME REGIS. 
1825—1830. 
I N 1825 Professor Buckland was presented by his Col¬ 
lege to the living of Stoke Charity, Hants. In July of 
the same year he was appointed by Lord Liverpool to a 
canonry at Christ Church, Oxford, and received the degree 
of D.D. The appointment necessitated a change of resi¬ 
dence. He writes to the Rev. W. Vernon Harcourt on 
September 10th, 1825 : “ Many thanks for your congratula¬ 
tions on my appointment to Christ Church, where I find 
the hunting of bricklayers and carpenters for the present 
entirely supersedes that of crocodiles and hyenas.” 
He carried with him to his new home an enthusiasm 
for science which was not shared by many of his colleagues. 
It was not long before he discovered that among the bene¬ 
factions of Christ Church was one which was available for 
the promotion of scientific study. Dr. Lee had left a con¬ 
siderable property to the College for a variety of purposes, 
including the erection and maintenance of an Anatomical 
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