William Conybeare (geologist)

William Conybeare
William Conybeare
Born
William Daniel Conybeare

7 June 1787
London
Died12 August 1857(1857-08-12) (aged 70)
AwardsWollaston medal (1844)
Scientific career
Fieldsgeology

William Daniel Conybeare FRS (7 June 1787 – 12 August 1857), dean of Llandaff, was an English geologist, palaeontologist and clergyman. He is probably best known for his ground-breaking work on fossils and excavation in the 1820s, including important papers for the Geological Society of London on ichthyosaur anatomy and the first published scientific description of a plesiosaur.