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Lyell
Charles Lyell, British geologist, author of the Principles of Geology, which Darwin took with him on the voyage. He taught that the Earth had changed slowly, under the same forces that work today. A friend of Darwin's.
The Autobiography of Charles Darwin, Charles Darwin
Explained in
- The Autobiography of Charles Darwin, Charles Darwin
- On the Origin of Species, Charles Darwin
Charles Lyell (1797–1875), Scottish geologist. He argued that the face of the Earth was shaped by slow forces still at work today.
- The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, Elizabeth Kolbert
Charles Lyell, a nineteenth-century British geologist and the author of Principles of Geology. He believed the Earth changes slowly and steadily, and he had a strong influence on Darwin.