- DAWKINS, WILLIAM BOYD
- geologist and palæontologist, born in Montgomeryshire; has written "Cave Hunting," "Early Man in Britain," &c.; b. 1838.
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. James Wood. 1907.
DAWKINS, WILLIAM BOYD
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