Charles Lyell Biography
Sir Charles Lyell, 1st Baronet, FRS was a British lawyer and the foremost geologist of his day. He is best known as the author of Principles of Geology, which popularised James Hutton's concepts of uniformitarianism – the idea that the Earth was shaped by the same processes still in operation today. Principles of Geology also challenged theories popularized by George Cuvier, which were the most accepted and circulated ideas about geology in England at the time. Lyell was also one of the first to believe that the world is older than 300 million years, on the basis of its geological anomalies. Lyell was a close and influential friend of Charles Darwin. Source: Wikipedia
Biography Snapshot
- Name:
- Charles Lyell
- Full Name:
- Sir Charles Lyell, Baronet
- Nationality:
- United Kingdom
- Profession:
- Lawyer, Geologist
- Date of Birth:
- November 14, 1797
- Astrological Sign:
- Scorpio
- Date of Death:
- February 22, 1875
- Age at Death:
- 77
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