Wikipedia's biography of Charles Lyell, the Scottish geologist whose Principles of Geology popularized uniformitarianism and shaped Charles Darwin's own sense of geological time.
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URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lyell
Source Typereference
Reliability Tier3
A community edited tertiary reference, used here for uncontested biographical facts, cross-checked during research against his own recorded honours (the 1848 knighthood, the 1864 baronetcy, the 1858 Copley Medal and 1866 Wollaston Medal) and against the 1830 to 1833 publication span of Principles of Geology. Sources
Charles Lyell (Wikipedia)
Claims Backed By This Source (14 claims)
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- Scientists, 9 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 connected, 1 general references.
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