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Hutton, James
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Hutton, James (1726–97). Geologist. The son of an Edinburgh merchant, Hutton went to his local university where he studied first chemistry, then medicine. From 1754 he took up farming but maintained his scientific interests, being on close terms with Joseph
Black. A paper he printed in the transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh foreshadowed his major work,
The Theory of the Earth (1795), which laid the foundations of the modern study of geology. Though overladen with quotations, it offered a coherent and plausible account of the evolution of the earth's crust and insisted that the present could be used to explain what had happened in the past. It explained the steady destruction and reformation of rocks, the origin of fossil deposits at the bottom of great oceans, the effect of volcanic action, and offered a new concept of evolutionary time, which ‘is to nature endless’. Of the process of change, he could ‘find no traces of a beginning, no prospect of an end’.
J. A. Cannon
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Reviews: Revolutions in the Earth: James Hutton and the True Age of the Earth: The Man Who Found Time: James Hutton and the Discovery of the Earth's Antiquity: How James Hutton rocked the world
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 7/26/2003; ; 700+ words
; Revolutions in the Earth: James Hutton and the True Age of the Earth by...16.99 The Man Who Found Time: James Hutton and the Discovery of the Earth...are the words of the remarkable James Hutton, "father of modern geology...
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Ages in Chaos: James Hutton and the Discovery of Deep Time.(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Historian; 9/22/2006; ; 700+ words
; Ages in Chaos: James Hutton and the Discovery of Deep Time. By...vi, 246. $23.95.) The Scot James Hutton [1726-1797], author of the remarkable...edition--Revolutions in the Earth: James Hutton and the True Age of the World...
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Ages in Chaos. James Hutton and the Discovery of Deep Time.(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Historian; 3/22/2008; ; 700+ words
; Ages in Chaos. James Hutton and the Discovery of Deep...Pp. 256, $13.95.) James Hutton [1726-1797] was a significant...provides potted biographies of Hutton's Enlightenment colleagues, including Adam Smith, James Watt, and Erasmus Darwin...
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International interest in new James Hutton trail.
Newspaper article from: Berwickshire Advertiser (Berwick upon Tweed, England); 6/22/2006; 473 words
; THE James Hutton Trail, celebrating the life of the...Berwickshire coast south of Pease Bay, the James Hutton exhibition at Reiver Country Farm Shop...geological site in the world giving James Hutton (who farmed near Auchencrow), the...
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Alex James Hutton
Newspaper article from: Yakima Herald-Republic; 6/5/2007; 495 words
; Keith & Keith Funeral Home YAKIMA - Alex James Hutton passed away on June 2, 2007. Alex was born in Yakima...illness with courage. Alex is survived by his parents, James and Robin Hutton of Yakima; his sister and brother-in-law, Whitney...
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Anthem Education Group Chairman Dr. James Hutton Elected to the Career College Association Board.
Business Wire; 5/28/2009; 700+ words
; Dr. Hutton's Three-Year Term Begins July 1...today that its Chairman of the Board, James D. Hutton, PhD, has been elected to the Career...Note: A high resolution photo of Dr. James Hutton is available upon request.
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GETTING TO KNOW...James Hutton
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 3/1/1992; 446 words
; PHOTO - JAMES HUTTON THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM THE PRINTED VERSION. GETTING TO KNOW...James Hutton James Hutton Age: 53. Place of birth: Muskegon, Mich. Hometown...
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Portraits of Scotland James Hutton 1726-1797 by Sir Henry Raeburn
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 7/31/2000; ; 438 words
; THIS portrait of James Hutton, one of the central figures of the...material of perception with exactitude. Hutton, the son of an Edinburgh merchant...Royal Edinburgh Society in 1785. Here Hutton had demonstrated the immensity of geological...
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Digital Dispatch Strengthens Sales Team Appoints Brent Gushulak VP Sales (NA) and James Hutton VP Business Development
Newspaper article from: CCNMatthews Newswire; 5/17/2007; 700+ words
; ...of Sales for North America, and James Hutton as its new Vice President of Business...President of Business Development, James Hutton will be securing new ventures and...Dispatch is pursuing," commented James Hutton, new Vice President of Business...
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The Man Who Found Time: James Hutton and the Discovery of Earth's Antiquity.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Science News; 8/23/2003; 447 words
; ...as the father of modern geology, James Hutton is hardly a household name. As Repcheck...ideas to scientists and the public. Hutton understood that Earth constantly...when Charles Lyell elaborated on Hutton's theories. Repcheck believes...
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James Hutton
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
James Hutton The Scottish naturalist James Hutton (1726-1797), the founder of modern geology, is best known for his Theory of the Earth. James Hutton was born in Edinburgh on June 3, 1726. He entered Edinburgh...
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Hutton, James
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Hutton, James ( b . Edinburgh, Scotland, 3 June...at Edinburgh University. William Hutton died in 1729 when James was three years old. His will indicates that he left the family, including Hutton ’ s three sisters, quite...
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Hutton, James (1726-1797)
Book article from: World of Earth Science
Hutton, James (1726-1797) Scottish physician James Hutton, a Scottish physician and farmer, is considered by...Geology, popularized the theory of uniformitarianism. James Hutton was not only known for his uniformitarianism theory...
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Balfour, John Hutton
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Balfour, John Hutton ( b . Edinburgh, Scotland, 15 September 1808; d . Edinburgh, 11 February...Balfour was fortunate in having as successive curators William and James McNab, father and son, and through their horticultural skill marked...
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Hutton, Laurence
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature
Hutton, Laurence (1843–1904), New York drama critic, wrote some 50 chatty, impressionistic books, mainly on the theater...
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