Within two years of the publication of his map, a further work, The Stratigraphical System of Organised Fossils, was published based upon his collection.
Enormously valuable though his works were, Smith’s lack of consideration for personal gain cost him dearly and in 1819, whilst he was working in the North of England, his London house was seized by creditors. The loss of his London home and his wife’s subsequent insanity, led to William Smith making his life in the North of England, and in particular in Scarborough , now regarded as the Dinosaur Coast as a result of his efforts.
