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Charles Lyell

Also Known As Sir Charles Lyell, 1st Baronet · Sir Charles Lyell of Kinnordy, 1st and last Bt. · Sir Charles Lyell
Geologist

A nineteenth century Scottish geologist whose Principles of Geology carried James Hutton's uniformitarianism to a mass readership, replacing catastrophist explanations of Earth's history with the patient accumulation of ordinary, observable processes over vast time. 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
1797-11-14 1
Birth Year
1797 1
Death Date
1875-02-22 1
Death Year
1875 1
Birthplace
Kinnordy House, Angus, Scotland 1
Death Place
London 2
Nationality
Scottish 1
Defining Contribution
Presented to a wide public audience, through Principles of Geology, the idea that the earth was shaped by the same natural processes still in operation today, establishing uniformitarianism as a foundational geological principle for generations of scientists including Charles Darwin. 1
Notable Work
Principles of Geology (1830 to 1833) 1
Connections

Associated With

Principle of Cross-Cutting Relationships, Concepts

Lyell folded the principle into the systematic relative-dating toolkit of Principles of Geology (1830).

Source Law of Cross-Cutting Relationships (Wikipedia)

Works In

Geology, Disciplines
Source Charles Lyell (Wikipedia)
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Nationality

United Kingdom

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Source Charles Lyell (Wikipedia)Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
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Sir Charles Lyell, 1st Baronet (14 November 1797 – 22 February 1875) was a Scottish geologist who demonstrated the power of known natural causes in explaining the earth's history.
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1. Charles Lyell (Wikipedia)
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was a Scottish geologist who demonstrated the power of known natural causes in explaining the earth's history.
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2. Charles Lyell (Wikidata)
  • P20 (place of death)
    died in London
  • Wikidata item aliases (en)
    also known as Sir Charles Lyell, 1st Baronet
  • Wikidata item aliases (en) [2]
    also known as Sir Charles Lyell of Kinnordy, 1st and last Bt.
  • Wikidata item aliases (en) [3]
    also known as Sir Charles Lyell
  • P27 (country of citizenship) [1]
    citizen of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
  • P19 (place of birth) [1]
    born in Angus
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Wikidata: Charles Lyell
Wikidata Q5333, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Law of Cross-Cutting Relationships (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Principle of Cross-Cutting RelationshipsView the Source
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