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==Later recognition== [[File:William Smith Grave.JPG|thumb|right|William Smith's grave adjoining [[St Peter's Church, Northampton]]]] It was not until February 1831 that the [[Geological Society of London]] conferred on Smith the first [[Wollaston Medal]] in recognition of his achievement.<ref name=ProceedingsGeoSoc>{{cite journal|title=November 1826 β June 1833|journal=Proceedings of the Geological Society of London|date=1834|volume=I|pages=271|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105792#page/283/mode/1up|access-date=13 March 2015}}</ref> It was on this occasion that the President, [[Adam Sedgwick]], referred to Smith as "the Father of English Geology". That year Smith was awarded a pension of Β£100 a year by King William IV.<ref>Palmer, D. An unsung hero put on the map. Nature 412, 120 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35084114</ref> In 1835 Smith travelled to [[Dublin]] for the meeting of the British Association, and there unexpectedly received an honorary [[Doctor of Laws|Doctorate of Laws]] (LL.D.) from [[Trinity College, Dublin|Trinity College]].<ref>British Association at Dublin in 1835. Nature 136, 232β233 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136232b0</ref> By 1841, the [[Institution of Civil Engineers]] had begun to promote the use of geological models in the design of [[civil engineering]] projects, with Smith's work and status as "Father of Geology" referenced by [[Thomas Sopwith (geologist)|Thomas Sopwith]] in an address to the Institution that year.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Sopwith |first=T. |date=1841 |title=On the construction and use of geological models in connexion with civil engineering. |url=https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/10.1680/imotp.1841.24998 |journal=[[Institution of Civil Engineers|Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers]] |language=en |volume=1 |issue=1841 |pages=163β166 |doi=10.1680/imotp.1841.24998 |issn=1753-7843 |access-date=9 December 2024}}</ref> In 1838, Smith was appointed as one of the commissioners to select building-stone for the new [[Palace of Westminster]]. He died in [[Northampton]] on 28 August 1839, aged 70, and is buried a few feet from the west tower of [[St Peter's Church, Northampton]], now a redundant church. The inscription on the grave is badly worn but the name "William Smith" can just be seen. Inside St Peter's Church is an impressive bust and inscription.[[File:Fossils that helped develop the first geological map.jpg|thumb|William Smith's fossil collection (right) that helped him produce the first [[geological map]], on display in the [[British Museum]]]]Subsequent modern geological maps have been based on Smith's original work, of which several copies have survived<ref name="Eyles">{{cite journal|last1=Eyles|first1=V.A|last2=Eyles|first2=Joan M.|title=On the different issues of the first geological map of England and Wales|journal=Annals of Science|date=1938|volume=3|issue=2|pages=190β212|doi=10.1080/00033793800200871}}</ref> including one which has been put on display (alongside the Greenough map) at the Geological Society of London which can be visited by the public, free and without an appointment.<ref>{{cite web|title=Visiting the William Smith Map|url=https://www.geolsoc.org.uk/smith_map|publisher=Geological Society of London|access-date=2 October 2022}}</ref>
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