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### Author
Mantell, Gideon Algernon (1790-1852), British palaeontologist and surgeon at Lewes and London.
**Abbreviated name**: *Mantell* \[standard form in IPNI: *Mantell*\]
#### Herbarium and types
Fossil material at [[Collection BM|BM]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Andrews p. 299; Barnhart 2: 445 (b. 3 Feb 1790, d. 11 Nov 1852); BB p. 341; BM 3: 1235, 7: 792-793; CSP 4: 219-220; DNB 36: 99; Desmond p. 418; Jackson p. 577; ME 2: 332, 335; Nordstedt p. 22; PR ed. 1: 6477-6479; Quenstedt p. 277-278.
- Anon., Bot. Zeit. 11: 600. 1853; Proc. Linn. Soc. 2: 235-237. 1853; Quart. J. geol. Soc. London 9: xxii-xxv. 1853.
- Breure, A. S. H. & J. G. de Bruyn, eds., Leven werken J. G. S. van Breda 416. 1979.
- Morriss, A. D., Proc. R. Soc. Medicine 65(2): 215-221. 1972 (portr., "Surgeon and Geologist: Wizard of the Weald!").
- Poggendorff, J. C, Biogr.-lit. Handw.- Buch 2: 36-37. 1863 (d. 10 Nov 1852, overdose of opium).
- Woodward, B. B. *in* G. Murray, Hist. coll. BM(NH) 1: 42. 1904 (drawings of fossils).
- Zittel, K. A. von, Hist. geol. palaeontol. 552 \[index\]. 1901.
#### Eponymy
*Mantellia* A. T. Brongniart ex Bronn (1837).
### Publications
##### n.5366. Illustrations of the geology of Sussex
**Title**
*Illustrations of the geology of Sussex*: containing a general view of the geological relations of the South-eastern part of England; with figures and descriptions of the fossils of Tilgate forest... London (Lupton Relfe,...) 1827. Qu.
**Abbreviated title**: *Ill. geol. Sussex*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1827 (ded. Dec 1826), frontisp., \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-92, *20 pl*. (uncol.). *Copy*: Teyler.
##### n.5367. The medals of creation
**Title**
*The medals of creation*; or first lesson in geology, and in the study of organic remains... London (Henry G.. Bohn) 1844, 2 vols.
**Abbreviated title**: *Medals creat.*
**Notes**
*1*: 1844, p. \[i\*\], \[i\]-xxvii, \[1\]-207, \[part 2:\] \[209\]-456.
*2*: 1844, front., \[iii\]-vii, \[457\]-1016.
*Copy*: Delft, library Techn. Hogeschool.
##### n.5368. A pictorial atlas of fossil remains
**Title**
*A pictorial atlas of fossil remains*, consisting of coloured illustrations selected from Parkinson's "Organic remains of a former world", and Artis's "Antediluvian Phytology." With descriptions by Gideon Algernon Mantell,... London (H. G. Bohn,...) 1850. Qu.
**Abbreviated title**: *Pict. atlas foss. remains*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1850 (p. v: Aug 1850), frontisp., p. \[i\]-xii, \[13\]-207, *pl. 1-74* (col.). *Copy*: NY.