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Charles Lyell

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Profession
Geologist
Died
Feb 22, 1875
Zodiac
Scorpio
Born in
Scotland
About
British geologist and author of Principles of Geology, which popularized the concept of uniformitarianism. He was one of the first scientists to postulate that the earth is older than 200 million years, which was the commonly accepted notion during the 19th century.
Family
He had nine younger siblings.

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