Sir Charles Lyell, 1st Baronet, FRS was a Scottish geologist who demonstrated the power of known natural causes in explaining the earth's history. Wikipedia
Born: November 14, 1797, Kinnordy Estates, Kinnordy, United Kingdom
Died: February 22, 1875 (age 77 years), Harley Street, London, United Kingdom
Influenced: Charles Darwin, Alfred Russel Wallace, and Thomas Henry Huxley
Influenced by: James Hutton, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, and William Buckland
Grandparents: Charles Lyell of Kinnordy and Mary Beale
Awards: Wollaston Medal, Copley Medal, Royal Medal, and more
Books
Principles of Geology
1830
Principles of Geology: Being an Attempt to Explain the Former Changes of the Earth's Surface, by Reference to Causes Now in Operation
1830
Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man
1863
Elements of Geology
1838
Principles of geology; or, the modern changes of the earth and its inhabitants
1840
Principles of Geology: Being an Inquiry how Far the Former Changes of the Earth's Surface are Referable to Causes Now in Operation
1830