Sir Henry Thomas De la Beche KCB, FRS was an English geologist and palaeontologist, the first director of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, who helped pioneer early geological survey methods. He was the first President of the Palaeontographical Society. He was also a slave plantation owner in Jamaica.
- Occupation
- paleontologist, geologist, plantation owner, writer
- Position held
- President of the Geological Society of London
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- February 10, 1796
- Died
