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Sir Charles Lyell, 1st Baronet, KT, FRS (November 14, 1797 – February 22, 1875) was a Scottish lawyer, geologist, and protagonist of uniformitarianism. He was the foremost geologist of his day, and an influence on the young Charles Darwin.
Charles Lyell was born in Kinnordy, Forfarshire (now Angus), the eldest of ten children. Lyell's father, also named Charles, was a lawyer and botanist of minor repute and first exposed the younger Charles to the study of nature. Charles spent much of his...
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