F inn ish ▁female ▁curl ers ▁Category : F inn ish ▁cur ling ▁champions ▁Category : Place ▁of ▁birth ▁missing ▁( l iving ▁people ) <0x0A> </s> ▁John ▁K idd ▁( 1 0 ▁September ▁ 1 7 7 5 ▁– ▁ 7 ▁September ▁ 1 8 5 1 ) ▁was ▁an ▁English ▁phys ician , ▁chem ist ▁and ▁ge ologist . ▁K idd ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁West min ster , ▁the ▁son ▁of ▁a ▁naval ▁officer ▁and ▁was ▁educated ▁at ▁Christ ▁Church , ▁Oxford . ▁ ▁Biography ▁He ▁became ▁reader ▁in ▁chem istry ▁at ▁Oxford ▁in ▁ 1 8 0 1 , ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 8 0 3 ▁was ▁elected ▁the ▁first ▁Ald rich ian ▁professor ▁of ▁chem istry . ▁He ▁then ▁volunt arily ▁gave ▁courses ▁of ▁lect ures ▁on ▁min eral ogy ▁and ▁ge ology : ▁these ▁were ▁delivered ▁in ▁the ▁dark ▁ch amb ers ▁under ▁the ▁Ash m olean ▁Museum , ▁and ▁there ▁William ▁Con y be are , ▁William ▁Buck land , ▁Charles ▁Da ub eny ▁and ▁others ▁gained ▁their ▁first ▁less ons ▁in ▁ge ology . ▁K idd ▁was ▁a ▁popular ▁and ▁instruct ive ▁lect urer , ▁and ▁through ▁his ▁efforts ▁the ▁ge ological ▁chair , ▁first ▁held ▁by ▁Buck land , ▁was ▁established . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁of ▁the ▁script ural ▁ge olog ists , ▁" K idd ▁argued ▁in ▁his ▁book ▁A ▁Ge ological ▁Ess ay ▁on ▁the ▁Imper fect ▁Ev id ences ▁in ▁Support ▁of ▁a ▁Theory ▁of ▁the ▁Earth , ▁on ▁philosoph ical ▁grounds