John Phillips
Geologist
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John Phillips FRS was an English geologist. In 1841 he published the first global geologic time scale based on the correlation of fossils in rock strata, thereby helping to standardize terminology including the term Mesozoic, which he invented. Wikipedia
Born: December 25, 1800, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
Died: April 24, 1874 (age 73 years), Oxford, United Kingdom
Education: King's College London
Awards: Wollaston Medal