James Hall
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James Hall was a pioneering 18th–19th century Scottish geologist whose careful field observations, including at Siccar Point, helped establish the deep timescales of Earth's geological history.
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| James Hall canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
geologist
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person ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Huttonian theory of the Earth
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Siccar Point unconformity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Dunglass, East Lothian, Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
James Hutton
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John Playfair NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
development of uniformitarian geology
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establishment of deep geological time ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Dunglass, East Lothian, Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Edinburgh ⓘ |
| employer | University of Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
18th century
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19th century ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
experimental geology
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geology ⓘ |
| influenced | later 19th-century geologists ⓘ |
| influencedBy | James Hutton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
observations at Siccar Point
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pioneering geological field observations ⓘ supporting James Hutton’s theory of the Earth ⓘ work on deep geological time ⓘ |
| nationality | Scottish ⓘ |
| notableWork |
experimental studies on rock formation
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experiments on the fusion and recrystallization of rocks ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Professor of Geology at the University of Edinburgh ⓘ |
| residence | Dunglass, East Lothian, Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studied |
stratigraphy of Scottish rock formations
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unconformities at Siccar Point ⓘ |
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