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LIFE OF DEAN BUCKLAND . 
[CH. X. 
In Memory of 
THE VERY REV. WILLIAM BUCKLAND, D.D., F.R.S., 
Dean of Westminster, 
And of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, 
Formerly Canon of Christ Church, Oxford ; 
Trustee of the British Museum ; 
First Professor of Geology and Mineralogy 
In the University of Oxford ; 
Founder of the Museum of Geology which he bequeathed 
To that University. 
Endued with superior Intellect, 
He applied the Powers of His Mind 
To the Honour and Glory of God, 
The advancement of Science, 
And the welfare of Mankind. 
Born March 12, 1784: Died August 14, 1856. Aged 73. 
11 For the Lord giveth wisdom : out of His mouth cometh knowledge and 
understanding.” —Proverbs ii. 6. 
Erected by his Children. 
After BucklancTs death his widow and children went to 
Brighton for a few months, to look for a new home, which 
was found at East Ascent, St. Leonards. Although in 
feeble health, Mrs. Buckland continued to work at the 
microscope, with her daughter Caroline, upon marine 
zoophytes and sponges, as she had done at I slip on fresh¬ 
water animalculse and plants. Dr. Bowerbank, F.R.S., 
her valued friend, in a letter to Mr. Henry Lee, thus 
kindly expresses his appreciation of Mrs. Buckland :— 
“ I can assure you I feel in no small degree indebted to 
my late kind friend Mrs. Buckland, who assisted me with 
