Charles Lyell

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author geologist human scientist

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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Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	author → geologist → human → scientist →
awardReceived	Copley Medal → Royal Medal → Wollaston Medal →
birthDate	1797-11-14 →
birthPlace	Kinnordy, Angus, Scotland →
burialPlace	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 →
familyName	Lyell →
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 →
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	Sir Charles Lyell, 1st Baronet →

Referenced by (23)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Principles of Geology → The Elements of Geology → The Geological Evidence of the Antiquity of Man → Volume III →	author
Lyell Glacier → Lyell Medal → Mount Lyell →	namedAfter
Kinnordy, Angus, Scotland ("Sir Charles Lyell") → Kinnordy, Angus, Scotland ("Charles Lyell, 1st Baronet") →	birthplaceOf
Charles Lyell ("Lyell") → Mary Horner Lyell ("Lyell") →	familyName
Volume III →	associatedPerson
Mary Horner Lyell →	collaboratedWith
The Elements of Geology ("Charles Lyell was a geologist") →	hasAuthorOccupation
Murchison Medal →	hasNotableRecipient
James Hutton →	influenced
Charles Darwin →	influencedBy
Charles Lyell →	name
Pliocene epoch →	namedBy
Wollaston Medal →	notableRecipient
Mary Horner Lyell →	spouse
Mary Horner Lyell →	supportedWorkOf
Charles Lyell ("Sir Charles Lyell, 1st Baronet") →	title