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Sir Charles Lyell 1st Baronet

Photograph at the Sir Charles Lyell 1st Baronet stone plaque

Sir Charles Lyell BART FRS Geologist. Born Kinnordy Kirriemuir 1797. Died London 1875. Pioneering scientist and explorer whose principles of geology & elements of geology became a foundation stone of modern day geology, he was mentor and friend of Charles Darwin. Hylonomus lyelli

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