William Martin (naturalis): Perbedaan antara revisi
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Martin bekerja sebagai guru penulis, resminya bekerja di Burton-on-Trent tahun 1798, kemudian di [[Buxton]]. Akhirnya tahun 1805 ia pindah ke Macclesfield, dimana ia mengajar di [[Sekolah Bahasa Macclesfield]].<ref name="odnb"/> Ketertarikan Martin pada alam tidak sirna dan ia mengirim artifak ke [[James Sowerby]] yang kemudian membuat ilustrasi buatnya.<ref name="odnb"/>
Martin melakukan beberapa peran panggung biasa<ref name="highfill"/> sampai 1809, ia memiliki seperempat saham Buxton Theatre. Tahun 1809 ia mempublikasikan ''Petrifacta Derbiensia'', yang ia dedikasikan untuk [[Joseph Banks|Sir Joseph Banks]].<ref name="derbi"/>. ''Petrifacta Derbiensia'' mengadung ilustrasi, yang pertama yang berwarna, membantu Martin menjelaskan fosil dan [[batu kapur]] [[Karbon (periode)|karbon]] yang dipelajarinya di [[Derbyshire]]. Identifikasi masih diragukan. [[Rugosal|Koral tanduk]] yang digambarkan disitu kemungkinan adalah salah satu jenis [[bambu]] yang tidak ditemukan di masa kini.<ref name="derbi"/>
[[File:CrocodileTailFossil.jpg|thumb|upright|Martin's illustration of a fossil that others had described as a crocodile tail.]]▼
''Petrifacta Derbiensia'' records another fossil which Martin considered a type of straightened [[Nautilus]]. He recounts that [[White Watson]]'s uncle and workers at the [[Ashford Black Marble]] quarry called some of the fossils "crocodile tails" as they had been thought to be the remains of a small crocodile tail. Martin thought that none of the fossils in the book were the remains of crocodiles.<ref name=derbi2>{{cite book|last=Martin|first=William|title=Petrificata Derbiensia p33-34|year=1809|url=http://books.google.co.uk/?id=5EIAAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR81|accessdate=24 February 2011|quote=p39 Fig 4....A fossil shell. The original a nautilus ... The crocodile said to be found in the limestone of Ashford, appears to be just a large specimen of this or some other [[Orthoceras|Orthoceratite]]}}</ref> ▼
▲[[File:CrocodileTailFossil.jpg|thumb|upright|Martin
Martin also published ''Outlines of an Attempt to establish a Knowledge of Extraneous Fossils on Scientific Principles'' in 1809.<ref>[http://books.google.co.uk/?id=GcMYAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP1 Outlines of an Attempt to establish a Knowledge of Extraneous Fossils on Scientific Principles.], William Martin, Retrieved 15 February 2011</ref> Martin had published the first scientic study of fossils and palaeontology in English,<ref name="odnb"/><ref name=cleevely /> and he met [[John Farey, Sr.|John Farey]] to discuss the possibility of a joint effort to create a geological map of Derbyshire. Martin's [[Tuberculosis|consumption]], however, prevented further planning, and he died in Macclesfield at the end of May 1810. He was buried in [[Christ Church, Macclesfield|Christ Church]], Macclesfield and a collection was required to care for his children and his mother.<ref name="odnb"/>▼
▲''Petrifacta Derbiensia''
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