A History of St. Andrew`s Church, Charmouth |
Lang |
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Lang, William Dickson FRS, FGS (1918-1966);
Department of Geology, BM(NH) 1902-1938
(Keeper 1928-1938). Lang did much
important work on the stratigraphical
succession of the Lower Lias in Dorset,
not least because his future wife (whom he
met in 1898 and married in 1908) lived at
Charmouth. He holidayed at Charmouth and
eventually moved there on his retirement
in 1938 to live at 'Lias Lea' (now
'Honeywood') and devoted his time to local
geology and natural history, and the
history of local natural history. He was President of the Dorset Natural History
and Archaeological Society, 1938-1940, and
on its council thereafter, and published
many articles in the Society's
Proceedings. Most of his collections went
to the BMCNH) but some specimens are at
the Dorset County Museum and at the Lyme
Regis (Philpot) Museum. His field
notebooks and manv other personalia remain in
the possession of his daughter, Brenda Lang,
still resident in Charmouth. |