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Charles Lyell was a British geologist, whose "Principles of Geology" (1830-1833) gave wide public support to the principle of uniformitarianism, that is, that the creation of the earth was a result of normal geological processes.
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The Biologist, the Geologist, and the Museum Director; the role of Darwin, Lyell, and C.J. Thomsen in the development of archaeological science.
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Charles Lyell [1797-1875]
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