James Hutton
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James Hutton was an 18th-century Scottish geologist often called the "father of modern geology" for developing the theory of uniformitarianism and recognizing the immense age of the Earth.
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Enlightenment thinker
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geologist → human → naturalist → |
| birthDate |
1726-06-03
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| birthPlace |
Edinburgh
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Scotland → |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Kingdom of Great Britain
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| deathDate |
1797-03-26
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| deathPlace |
Edinburgh
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| educatedAt |
University of Edinburgh
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University of Leiden → University of Paris → |
| era |
18th century
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| fieldOfWork |
agriculture
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chemistry → geology → natural philosophy → |
| influenced |
Charles Lyell
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John Playfair → modern geology → |
| influencedBy |
Scottish Enlightenment
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| knownFor |
Plutonist theory of the Earth
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angular unconformities interpretation → concept of deep geological time → foundations of modern geology → theory of uniformitarianism → |
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English
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Scots → |
| memberOf |
Royal Society of Edinburgh
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| movement |
Scottish Enlightenment
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| name |
James Hutton
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| nationality |
Scottish
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| notableWork |
Theory of the Earth
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| occupation |
farmer
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geologist → natural philosopher → physician → |
| placeOfBurial |
Greyfriars Kirkyard
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| religion |
Presbyterian background
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| residence |
Edinburgh
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| studied |
Glen Tilt granite intrusions
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Siccar Point unconformity → |
| theory |
Earth has an immense age
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Earth is shaped by continuous natural processes → cyclical deposition, uplift, and erosion of rocks → geological processes observed today operated in the past → |
| view |
no vestige of a beginning, no prospect of an end
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Charles Lyell
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Principles of Geology → Principles of Geology ("John Playfair") → |
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Scottish Enlightenment
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James Hutton
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