William Maclure [SEP] date of death
William Maclure
William Maclure (27 October 1763 – 23 March 1840) was an Americanized Scottish geologist, cartographer and philanthropist. He is known as the 'father of American geology'. As a social experimenter on new types of community life, he collaborated with British social reformer Robert Owen, (1771–1854), in Indiana, United States.
Maclure had a highly successful mercantile career, making a fortune that allowed him to retire in 1797 at the early age of 34 to pursue his scientific, geological and other interests
James Leith, army officer and colonial governor (died 1816 in Barbados)
- 10 September – James Thomson, weaver poet (died 1832)
- 27 October – William Maclure, geologist of North America (died 1840 in Mexico)
- 6 December – Mary Anne Burges, religious allegorist (died 1813 in England)
- Approximate date – William McCoy, naval mutineer (suicide 1798 on Pitcairn Island)
Deaths.
- 5 March – William Smellie, obstetrician (born 1697)
- 30 September