Samuel William King FRGS FGS FSA (20 September 1821 – 8 July 1868)[1] was an English clergyman and geologist.
[1][2] King was an enthusiastic entomologist and geologist, and helped Sir Charles Lyell, who was a personal friend, in his investigations in England and abroad.
In 1860 the two explored the deposits at Hoxne, Suffolk, together, and in 1865 King investigated the Cave of Aurignac.
[2] King travelled frequently on the continent, and was an enthusiastic mountain climber.
His wife usually accompanied him, and the records of a long expedition made about 1855 are contained in King's only book, The Italian Valleys of the Pennine Alps (1858).