1726 - 1797
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, James Hutton ranks 8 out of 59. Before 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.
1900 - 1985
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 2
1638 - 1686
HPI: 67.06
Rank: 3
1797 - 1875
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 4
1799 - 1847
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 5
1888 - 1993
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 6
1879 - 1958
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 7
1726 - 1797
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 8
1857 - 1936
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 9
1773 - 1839
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 10
1831 - 1914
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 11
1774 - 1857
HPI: 62.88
Rank: 12
1846 - 1903
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 13
1889 - 1960
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 14
Among people born in 1726, James Hutton ranks 2. Before 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 7. Before 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.
1726 - 1795
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 1
1726 - 1797
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 2
1726 - 1746
HPI: 62.89
Rank: 3
1726 - 1796
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 4
1726 - 1755
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 5
1726 - 1781
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 6
1726 - 1791
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 7
1726 - 1802
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 8
1726 - 1756
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 9
1726 - 1759
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 10
1726 - 1801
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 11
1726 - 1754
HPI: 52.60
Rank: 12
1720 - 1797
HPI: 74.68
Rank: 1
1729 - 1797
HPI: 71.81
Rank: 2
1759 - 1797
HPI: 71.49
Rank: 3
1744 - 1797
HPI: 71.20
Rank: 4
1760 - 1797
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 5
1742 - 1797
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 6
1726 - 1797
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 7
1715 - 1797
HPI: 62.82
Rank: 8
1720 - 1797
HPI: 61.14
Rank: 9
1732 - 1797
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 10
1768 - 1797
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 11
1734 - 1797
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 12
1728 - 1797
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 13
Among people born in United Kingdom, James Hutton ranks 499 out of 7,765. Before 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).
1819 - 1892
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 493
1948 - 1980
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 494
1943 - 2020
HPI: 64.55
Rank: 495
1947 - Present
HPI: 64.51
Rank: 496
1936 - 2019
HPI: 64.50
Rank: 497
1933 - 2011
HPI: 64.46
Rank: 498
1726 - 1797
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 499
1090 - 1155
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 500
1779 - 1848
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 501
1867 - 1947
HPI: 64.43
Rank: 502
1771 - 1851
HPI: 64.43
Rank: 503
1942 - 2021
HPI: 64.42
Rank: 504
1859 - 1925
HPI: 64.41
Rank: 505
Among geologists born in United Kingdom, James Hutton ranks 3. Before 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).
1797 - 1875
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 1
1799 - 1847
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 2
1726 - 1797
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 3
1831 - 1914
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 4
1769 - 1839
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 5
1790 - 1852
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 6
1784 - 1856
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 7
1785 - 1873
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 8
1890 - 1965
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 9
1800 - 1874
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 10
1770 - 1851
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 11
1826 - 1908
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 12