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Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797-1875 (156)

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Sir Charles Lyell, first baronet, (1797-1875, APS, 1842) was a geologist and lawyer, whose Principles of Geology explained “former changes of the earth’s surface” by means of “modern causes.” Critical of the “catastrophist” views of many contemporary geologists, Lyell considered the earth “a system of balanced antagonistic processes,” a theory later described as uniformitarian. Although he rejected Jean Baptiste Lamarck’s theory of species mutability early in his career, later he favor...

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Lyell, Charles, 1767-1849 (3)

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Charles Lyell (1767–1849) was a Scottish botanist, known also as a translator of Dante. Lyell was born on 7 March 1767, at Kinnordy, Forfarshire, Scotland. He was the eldest son of Charles Lyell of Kinnordy, Forfarshire, Scotland, and Mary Beale of West Looe; his sister Anne married Gilbert Heathcote. He was educated at St Paul's School, London, the University of St. Andrews and Peterhouse, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1791, proceeding M.A. in 1794. A law student at Lincoln's Inn,...

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Lyell, Charles Henry, MP; of Add MS 46059 (3)

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Epithet: MP; of Add MS 46059

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Mrs. Charles Lyell (1)

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Lyell, Charles Henry, active 1889-1934, MP; of Add MS 46282 (1)

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Epithet: MP; of Add MS 46282

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