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GEOLOGIST

James Hutton

1726 - 1797

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James Hutton ( ; 3 June O.S. 1726 – 26 March 1797) was a Scottish geologist, agriculturalist, chemical manufacturer, naturalist and physician. Often referred to as the "Father of Modern Geology," he played a key role in establishing geology as a modern science. Hutton advanced the idea that the physical world's remote history can be inferred from evidence in present-day rocks. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Hutton has received more than 862,740 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia. James Hutton is the 8th most popular geologist (down from 7th in 2019), the 499th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 481st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular British Geologist.

James Hutton is most famous for the theory of uniformitarianism. He believed that the Earth was shaped by slow, gradual processes, and that these processes are still happening today.

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Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, James Hutton ranks 8 out of 59Before him are Charles Francis Richter, Nicolas Steno, Charles Lyell, Mary Anning, Inge Lehmann, and Milutin Milanković. After him are Andrija Mohorovičić, Friedrich Mohs, Eduard Suess, Francis Beaufort, Vasily Dokuchaev, and Beno Gutenberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1726, James Hutton ranks 2Before him is François-André Danican Philidor. After him are Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain, Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia, Gerard Majella, Franz Joseph I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Jacob Frank, Prince Henry of Prussia, Princess Louise of Denmark, Louise Henriette de Bourbon, Daniel Chodowiecki, and Maria Teresa Felicitas d'Este. Among people deceased in 1797, James Hutton ranks 7Before him are Baron Munchausen, Edmund Burke, Mary Wollstonecraft, Frederick William II of Prussia, François-Noël Babeuf, and Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar. After him are Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, Vilna Gaon, Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, Lazare Hoche, Joseph Wright of Derby, and Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Hutton ranks 499 out of 7,765Before him are John Couch Adams (1819), John Bonham (1948), Betty Williams (1943), Ronnie Wood (1947), Albert Finney (1936), and John Barry (1933). After him are Geoffrey of Monmouth (1090), William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (1779), Stanley Baldwin (1867), Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover (1771), Frank Williams (1942), and George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (1859).

Among GEOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among geologists born in United Kingdom, James Hutton ranks 3Before him are Charles Lyell (1797) and Mary Anning (1799). After him are Eduard Suess (1831), William Smith (1769), Gideon Mantell (1790), William Buckland (1784), Adam Sedgwick (1785), Arthur Holmes (1890), John Phillips (1800), William Nicol (1770), and Henry Clifton Sorby (1826).