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Jacob Wilkinson (naturalist)

Jacob Wilkinson (naturalist) is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Jacob Wilkinson (naturalist) rather than just read about it. In short: Jacob Wilkinson (1773–1844) was an English naturalist working in the fields of geology and paleobiology. Life Born in the City of London on 28 April 1773, he was the fifth surviving son of John Wilkinson (1732-1779), a wealthy businessman, and his wife Sibella Berdoe (1737-1807), daughter of his father's business partner John Berdoe.

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Reference excerpt

Jacob Wilkinson (1773–1844) was an English naturalist working in the fields of geology and paleobiology.

Life Born in the City of London on 28 April 1773, he was the fifth surviving son of John Wilkinson (1732-1779), a wealthy businessman, and his wife Sibella Berdoe (1737-1807), daughter of his father's business partner John Berdoe. It is possible he was named after Jacob Wilkinson, a friend and maybe business associate of his father. Living all his adult life outside Bath, Somerset, he became a keen collector of fossil remains of extinct creatures found in the area. In 1801 he acquired a huge mammoth tusk 2.4 metres (8 feet) long, together with other remains from the same site. These he presented to the Geological Society of London, who in 1807 made him one of their first honorary members. In 1805, he found the skeleton of an ichthyosaur at Weston, Bath. By 1811 he was reported to have perhaps the finest private collection of fossil bones in England, which he was glad to show to visitors. As well as his scientific pursuits, when Britain was threatened by French invasion in 1803 he joined the Bath Forum Volunteer Infantry, in which he was commissioned as a Captain. In 1840 he gave land for founding a school, which was still flourishing in 2016 as St Stephen's Primary School. He died in Bath at the age of 70 on 11 April 1844, with his will being proved in London on 27 June 1844.

Family At the age of 21 he married Olivia Maria Cranke Stephen (1771-1815), the ceremony being in Bath on 28 March 1795, and they had six children, three of whom married:

Mary Sibella Wilkinson (1799-1867) in 1835 married the Reverend Jeremiah Awdry; Charles Edmund Wilkinson (1801-1870) in 1837 married Mary Drought Armstrong; and Caroline Margaretta Wilkinson (1806-1874) in 1841 married the Reverend Edmund Ward Pears. After the death of Olivia, in 1818 he married Louisa Savage (1781-1859).

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Example 1 — a first encounter with Jacob Wilkinson (naturalist)

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Jacob Wilkinson (naturalist) ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Jacob Wilkinson (naturalist)

In research: Jacob Wilkinson (naturalist) appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Jacob Wilkinson (naturalist) in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Jacob Wilkinson (naturalist) is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1773 births, 1844 deaths, British geologists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Jacob Wilkinson (naturalist) outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Jacob Wilkinson (1773–1844) was an English naturalist working in the fields of geology and paleobiology. Life Born in the City of London on 28 April 1773, he was the fifth surviving son of John Wilkinson (1732-1779), a wealthy businessman, and his wife Sibella Berdoe (1737-1807), daughter of his fa…

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