Charles Lyell

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Charles Lyell was a pioneering 19th-century Scottish geologist whose work on uniformitarianism and deep geological time profoundly shaped modern geology and influenced evolutionary thinkers.

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geologist
human
scientist
awardReceived Copley Medal
Royal Medal
Wollaston Medal
birthDate 1797-11-14
birthPlace Kinnordy, Angus, Scotland
burialPlace Westminster Abbey, London
surface form: Westminster Abbey
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
dateOfPublicationOfNotableWork Principles of Geology first volume published in 1830
deathDate 1875-02-22
deathPlace London, England
educatedAt Exeter College, Oxford
ethnicGroup Scottish
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fieldOfWork geology
paleontology
stratigraphy
genre scientific literature
givenName Charles
inferredFrom 19th-century Scottish geologist description
influenced Alfred Russel Wallace
Charles Darwin
Thomas Henry Huxley
modern geology
influencedBy James Hutton
knownFor advocating the concept of deep geological time
formulating and popularizing uniformitarianism in geology
influencing Charles Darwin
influencing evolutionary theory
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Geological Society of London
Royal Society
movement uniformitarianism
name Charles Lyell self-link
nobleTitle Baronet
notableWork Principles of Geology
The Elements of Geology
The Geological Evidence of the Antiquity of Man
occupation geologist
writer
positionHeld President of the Geological Society of London
spouse Mary Horner Lyell
subjectOf history of geology
theory Earth’s surface is shaped by slow, continuous processes over long periods
geological processes in the present are key to understanding the past
title Charles Lyell self-linksurface differs
surface form: Sir Charles Lyell, 1st Baronet

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