William Samuel Symonds (1818–87)

Geologist, author, and clergyman. Curate of Offenham, Worcestershire, 1843–5; rector of Pendock, Worcestershire, from 1845. Wrote papers on local archaeology and geology. Visited the Auvergne and the Ardèche, south-west France, 1874–6, to search for traces of ancient glaciers.