Charles Lapworth

Charles Lapworth
Born	(1842-09-20)20 September 1842 Faringdon, Berkshire, England
Died	13 March 1920(1920-03-13) (aged 77) Birmingham, England
Awards	Bigsby Medal (1887) Royal Medal (1891) Wollaston Medal (1899)

Charles Lapworth FRS FGS (20 September 1842 – 13 March 1920) was a headteacher and an English geologist^[1] who pioneered faunal analysis using index fossils and identified the Ordovician period.