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Charles Lyell

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Also known as Charles Lyell the elder, Lyell, Charles Lyell of Kinnordy

English botanist (1767-1849)

Person · Open Library

Born
14 November 1797
Died
22 February 1875
Works
105

Top works

  • Principles of geology, or, The modern changes of the earth and its inhabitants considered as illustrative of geology
  • Recession of the falls of Niagara, from Professor Lyell's Lectures on Geology
  • On the existence of marine animals at various depths in seas abounding in floating ice, in arctic regions near Greenland and Spitzbergen
  • On a recent formation of freshwater limestone in Forfarshire, and on some recent deposits of freshwater marl
  • The antiquity of man

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Type
Group
Origin
United States
Active from
2021-05-01

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Listeners
93
Total plays
350

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Charles
Gender
male
Place of birth
Angus
Educated at
Peterhouse
Residence
Scotland
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name in native language
Charles Lyell
different from
Charles Lyell
date of birth
1767-03-07
date of death
1849-11-08
ancestral home
Scotland
collection items at
Natural History Museum
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