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James Hutton

Also Known As The Father of Modern Geology
Geologist

An eighteenth century Scottish naturalist widely called the father of modern geology for founding uniformitarianism, the principle that the same slow processes visible today built the Earth over an immensity of time far beyond what his contemporaries assumed. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Birth Date
1726-06-03 1
Birth Year
1726 1
Death Date
1797-03-26 1
Death Year
1797 1
Birthplace
Edinburgh, Scotland 1
Death Place
Edinburgh 2
Nationality
Scottish 1
Defining Contribution
Established uniformitarianism and the concept of deep time in his 1785 Theory of the Earth, arguing that geological features could not be static but underwent continuing transformation over indefinitely long periods, and that Earth's history could be read from present day rock formations. 1
James Hutton
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Plutonism

James Hutton

Uniformitarianism

James Hutton
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Concepts Credited

Plutonism, Concepts
Source Plutonism (Wikipedia)
Principle of Cross-Cutting Relationships, Concepts

Hutton formulated the principle more explicitly in Theory of the Earth (1795), after Steno's earlier, less formal 1669 statement.

Source Law of Cross-Cutting Relationships (Wikipedia)
Uniformitarianism, Concepts
Source Uniformitarianism (Wikipedia)

Works In

Geology, Disciplines
Source James Hutton (Wikipedia)
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Nationality

United Kingdom

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Source James Hutton (Wikipedia)Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
Quote, Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
James Hutton ( ; 3 June O.S. 1726 – 26 March 1797) was a Scottish geologist, agriculturalist, chemical manufacturer, naturalist and physician.
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1. James Hutton (Wikipedia)
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was a Scottish geologist, agriculturalist, chemical manufacturer, naturalist and physician.
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2. James Hutton (Wikidata)
  • P20 (place of death)
    died in Edinburgh
  • Wikidata item aliases (en)
    also known as The Father of Modern Geology
  • P27 (country of citizenship) [1]
    citizen of Kingdom of Great Britain
  • P19 (place of birth) [1]
    born in Edinburgh
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Wikidata: James Hutton
Wikidata Q192927, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Law of Cross-Cutting Relationships (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationConcepts Credited: Principle of Cross-Cutting Relationships, Development sectionView the Source
Plutonism (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationConcepts Credited: PlutonismView the Source
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