English geologist and cartographer William Smith is often called the founder of English geology, and the founder of stratigraphical geology. His interests in fossils and the countryside led to a method to identify rock strata, along with the first...

Stratigraphy, the study of rock strata, emerged at the beginning of the nineteenth century for both scientific and economic reasons. Although William Smith was the first to use fossils to trace a long series of strata over a large area, his practical...

William Smith (March 23 1769 – August 28 1839) was an English geologist, credited with creating the first nationwide geological map. He is known as the "Father of English Geology", however recognition was slow in coming. At the time his map was...

Marshall Schalk of Northampton, a geologist and retired professor who once became supervisor of a toothbrush factory while moonlighting from the classroom, died Tuesday, apparently of a heart attack, in Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton. He was 87. A member of the faculty...

Smith, Benjamin William Saturday, April 03, 2004 Smith, Benjamin William Born August 10, 1923 joined our Lord April 1, 2004. He was born to Mary Christine Knox and Michael Smith in Carlton, MN. He was a member of the Fond Du Lac Band of...

Most people just grumble and hit delete, but when Gordon Dick received a spam message advertising Internet services, he fought back.The 30-year-old Web marketing specialist from Edinburgh sued the sender, Transcom Internet Services Ltd., in small-claims court. The court ordered the company to pay $1,445...

A South Korean accused of spying on North Korea for his government during the last two years has been charged with repeatedly lying about his activities in the United States, federal authorities said Thursday.Park Il Woo, also known as Steve Park, was arrested Wednesday and...