Charles William Peach

Charles William Peach
Plaque commémorant C. W. Peach, placée sur l'ancienne Maison des Douanes à Gorran Haven, Cornwall, Royaume-Uni, par la Royal Cornwall Geological Society

Charles William Peach (1800-1886) fut un naturaliste britannique et un géologue, il est né le 30 septembre 1800 à Wansford dans le Northamptonshire. Il reçut une éducation élémentaire à Wansford et à Folkingham dans le Lincolnshire et assista durant plusieurs années ses parents dans la ferme familiale. Peach se retira du gouvernement en 1861, et mourut à Edinburgh le 28 février 1886.

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