Charles Lyell

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

English botanist (1767-1849)

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Born: 14 November 1797
Died: 22 February 1875
Works: 105

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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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Quotes

“When we study history we obtain a more profound insight into human nature by instituting a comparison between the present and former states of society.”
“The form of a coast, the configuration of the interior of a country, the existence and extent of lakes, valleys, and mountains, can often be traced to the former prevalence of earthquakes and volcanoes in regions which have long been undisturbed. To these remote convulsions the present fertility of some districts the sterile character of others, the elevation of land above the sea, the climate, and various peculiarities, may be distinctly referred.”
“Many distinguishing features of the surface may often be ascribed to the operation at a remote era of slow and tranquil causes-to the gradual deposition of sediment in a lake or in the ocean, or to the prolific increase of testacea and corals therein.”
“We find in certain localities subterranean deposits of coal consisting of vegetable matter formerly drifted into seas and lakes. ...These seas and The commercial prosperity and numerical strength of a nation may now be mainly dependent on the local distribution of fuel determined by that ancient state of things.”
“We know that the Egyptian priests were aware, not only that the soil beneath the plains of the Nile, but that also the hills bounding the great valley, contained marine shells; and it could hardly have escaped the observation of Eastern philosophers, that some soils were filled with fossil remains, since so many national works were executed on a magnificent scale by oriental monarchs in very remote eras.”
“Humboldt relates the interesting fact, that after the annihilation of a large part of the inhabitants of Cumana, by an earthquake in 1766, a season of extraordinary fertility ensued, in consequence of the great rains which accompanied the subterranean convulsions 'The Indians,' he says, 'celebrated, after the ideas of an antique superstition, by festivals and dancing, the destruction of the world and the approaching epoch of its regeneration.'”