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The Birth of Charles Lyell
Charles Lyell was born on November 14th, 1797 in Scotland. Lyell was also the first of ten children and was named right after his father Charles. Lyell's father was the first person to get him interested in the field of nature and then into the science field. -
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In the life of Charles Lyell
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Education- College
The exact date of this event isn't know due to how long ago this event took place.Lyell attended Exeter College, Oxford in the year 1816.Lyell eventually graduated December,1819 and took up law as his profession and entering Lincoln's Inn -
Lyell's Switch of Profession
The exact date of this event isn't know due to how long ago this event took place.Charles Lyell went through many courses and lectures for law, By 1827, Lyell started to lose eyesight causing him to switch his profession to geology as a full time profession.He also gained fame and fortune due to this switch making him a very well known man. -
Charles's gets married
The exact date of this event isn't know due to how long ago this event took place.Charles gets married to the love of his life, Mary Horner and they spent their honeymoon in Switzerland then in Italy on a geological tour of the area. Mary was also associated with geology. -
Charles writes two books
The exact date of this event isn't know due to how long ago this event took place.Charles traveled to places such as Canada and the United States, he wrote two books based on his travels called: Travels in North America (1845) and A Second Visit to the United States (1849). -
Charles's Medals
Charles Lyell was awarded the Copley Medal from the Royal Society and he also was awarded the Wollaston Medal of the Geological Society in 1866. -
Charles's gets elected
The exact date of this event isn't know due to how long ago this event took place.In 1866, Charles Lyell gets elected as a member of the Royal Swedish Academy Of Sciences. This is due to the many contributions he made toward science and Geollogy -
The Death of Two
Charles's wife Mary Horner dies in 1873 and then two years later Charles's himself dies. Charles was buried in Westminster Abby. -
Miscellaneous regarding Charles Lyell
Charles Lyell made many contributions to science allowing following scientist and geologists to continue experimenting and making more contributions. Charles is a major reason for evolution in modern geology today. Also Charles interests in volcanoes, glaciers, and work in the field of stratigraphy led to many later inventions and experiments that evolved that area.
