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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| Charles Lyell canonical | 26 |
| Lyell | 4 |
| Sir Charles Lyell | 3 |
| Charles Lyell was a geologist | 1 |
| Charles Lyell, 1st Baronet | 1 |
| Sir Charles Lyell, 1st Baronet | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
author
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geologist ⓘ human ⓘ scientist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Copley Medal
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Royal Medal ⓘ Wollaston Medal ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1797-11-14 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Kinnordy, Angus, Scotland ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Westminster Abbey, London
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Westminster Abbey
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| 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 ⓘ |
| familyName |
Charles Lyell
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| fieldOfWork |
geology
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paleontology ⓘ stratigraphy ⓘ |
| genre | scientific literature ⓘ |
| givenName | Charles ⓘ |
| inferredFrom | 19th-century Scottish geologist description ⓘ |
| influenced |
Alfred Russel Wallace
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Charles Darwin ⓘ Thomas Henry Huxley ⓘ modern geology ⓘ |
| influencedBy | James Hutton ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocating the concept of deep geological time
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formulating and popularizing uniformitarianism in geology ⓘ influencing Charles Darwin ⓘ influencing evolutionary theory ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Geological Society of London
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Royal Society ⓘ |
| movement | uniformitarianism ⓘ |
| name | Charles Lyell self-link ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Baronet ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Principles of Geology
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The Elements of Geology ⓘ The Geological Evidence of the Antiquity of Man ⓘ |
| occupation |
geologist
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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
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geological processes in the present are key to understanding the past ⓘ |
| title |
Charles Lyell
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Sir Charles Lyell, 1st Baronet
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