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| | SIR JAMES HALL - LoveToKnow Article on SIR JAMES HALL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | (1761-1832), Scottish geologist and physicist, eldest son of Sir John Hall, Bart., was born at Dunglass on the 17th of January 1761; and became distinguished as tile first to establish experimental research as an aid to geological investigation. |
 | | He was intimately acquainted with James Hutton and John Playfair, and having studied rocks in various parts of Europe he was eventually led to accept and to demonstrate the truth of Huttons views with regard to intrusive rocks. |
 | | His eldest son, John Hall (1787-1860), who succeeded him, was a Fellow of the Royal Society; the second son, Captain Basil Hall (q.v.), was the distinguished traveller; the third son, James Hall (1800-1854), was a painter, art-patron, and a friend of Sir David Wilkie. |
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