William King
Date of Birth  :
1809-1886
Place of Birth  :
Sunderland
Country  :
United Kingdom
Field of Expertise  :
Geology
Educational background  :
He got Ph.D in Geology at Queen's College Galway.
Acheivements / Contributions  :

He was first (in 1864) to propose that the bones found in Neanderthal, Germany in 1856 were not of human origin, but of a distinct species: Homo neanderthalensis.

Source:William King

Bibliography  :
Gotrek & Felix: The Second Omnibus.