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	Charles Lyell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Charles Lyell was born in Kinnordy, Forfarshire, Scotland, the eldest of ten children.
		Lyell's father, also named Charles, was a botanist of minor repute and first exposed the younger Charles to the study of nature.
		Lyell crater on the Moon and a crater on Mars were named in his honour.
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	Charles Lyell (1797-1875) geologist.
		Lyell is most famous for his great geological opus: The Principles of Geology: Being an Attempt to Explain the Former Changes of the Earth's Surface, by Reference to Causes now in Operation (3 vols 1830-33).
		Lyell was obsessed with the implications of the evolutionary theory of J.B. Lamarck.
		Lyell's methods and style greatly influenced a number of important men of science in Victorian Britain, perhaps most famously the young Charles Darwin on the voyage of the Beagle.
	www.victorianweb.org /science/lyell.html (584 words)

	Charles Lyell -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Sir Charles Lyell (November 14, 1797 – February 22, 1875), British (A professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice) lawyer, (A specialist in geology) geologist, and popularizer of (additional info and facts about uniformitarianism) uniformitarianism.
		Charles Lyell was born in Kinnordy, (additional info and facts about Forfarshire) Forfarshire, (One of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts) Scotland, the eldest of ten children.
		In fact, Lyell was instrumental in arranging the peaceful co-publication of the theory of natural selection by Darwin and (English naturalist who formulated a concept of evolution that resembled Charles Darwin's (1823-1913)) Alfred Russel Wallace in 1858, after each discovered it independently.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/ch/charles_lyell.htm (565 words)

	Rudwick's Introduction to Lyell's Principles
		Lyell explains, however, that the geologically young strata he had explored in Sicily contain mollusks of extant species which are consistently larger than their living representatives, and he claims this as conclusive evidence that the climate was somewhat warmer in the Mediterranean in geologically recent times.
		Lyell had originally intended to publish the whole work in two volumes, and it was only at a late stage that he decided to publish separately the first half of the projected second volume, in order to avoid the delay which the completion of the later sections-which became the third volume-would involve (Lyell 1881, vol.
		Lyell infers that their elevation is due to the subterranean injection of vast masses of molten material, which on cooling form the crystalline igneous rocks that are commonly seen in the eroded cores of older mountain ranges.
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	Charles Lyell
		Lyell’s first involvement of natural history took place while recovering from an illness by means of collecting insects, identifying them with pictures of his father’s books, and watching their transformations (Bailey 8).
		Lyell opposed the idea of catastrophism (the belief that catastrophes caused a lot of change to the earth in a short amount of time) and claimed that the earth had been formed by the same kinds of processes that we see today (MacLachlan 205).
		Lyell’s acceptance of Darwin’s “transmutation of species” entered his thinking on geochronology since “he specified that his computation did not violate its intent, and he employed the Darwinian explanation for speciation: very small changes over very long spans of time to arrive at the probable duration of the geological periods” (Tasch 442).
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	Biography of Charles Lyell, 1797-1875. From: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, 1910-1911.
		LYELL, SIR CHARLES (1797-1875), British geologist, was the eldest son of Charles Lyell of Kinnordy, Forfarshire, and was born on the 14th of November 1797, on the family estate in Scotland.
		Lyell was knighted in 1848, and was created a baronet in 1864, in which year he was president of the British Association at Bath.
		The LYELL MEDAL, established in 1875 under the will of Sir Charles Lyell is cast in bronze and is to be awarded annually (or from time to time) by the Council of the Geological Society.
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	AllRefer.com - Sir Charles Lyell (Geology And Oceanography, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		He championed and won general acceptance of the theory of uniformity of causes, which was first proposed by James Hutton (as opposed to the theory of catastrophism) in his Principles of Geology (3 vol., 1830–33), which went into 12 editions in his lifetime.
		Lyell furthered the idea central to uniformitarianism, that the present processes acted on the earth in the same way all the way through time and at about the same intensity.
		Lyell's work was influential in shaping 19th-century ideas not only in geology specifically, but in scientific fields as a whole; he facilitated later acceptance of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.
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	Sir Charles Lyell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Sir Charles Lyell was born in Scotland on November 14, 1797 and died in London on February 22, 1875.
		Lyell stressed that the antiquity of human species was far beyond the accepted theories of that time.
		Lyell was married and his wife preceded him in death.
	www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/information/biography/klmno/lyell_charles.html (403 words)

	Unofficial SJG Archive - People - Charles Lyell (1797-1875) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Lyell's father, Charles Lyell of Kinnordy, was a Scots laird who was torn between scientific and liteary interests.
		It was conceivable to Lyell that man and our familiar animals could all become extinct, only to be replaced by dinosaurs again in a subsequent creation, followed, in some distant age, by a "new creation" of man. Aside from historians of science, Lyell's belief in cyclic time has been all but forgotten.
		Charles Darwin had Lyell in mind when he wryly remarked that scientific men should be put to death at the age of 60, so their inflexible habits of mind could not interfere with the progress of the newer generations.
	www.stephenjaygould.org /people/charles_lyell.html (823 words)

	Lyell and Uniformitarianism
		Lyell was a lawyer by profession and his Principles of Geology (published in 3 volumes, 1830-33) is a powerful mixture of argument and rhetoric.
		It is wrong to think that Lyell's critics were religious fundamentalists who believed that the earth was created in the very recent geological past, or that they relied on a Noachian deluge in their theories.
		Historians summarize Lyell's position by distinguishing between his "kind uniformitarianism" and his "degree uniformitarianism." Not only was geology to restrict its hypotheses to the same kind of causes as those acting now, but also it must further restrict the intensity of those causes to the range of intensity that we find now.
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	Lyell, Charles - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Lyell, Charles
		Lyell suggested that the Earth was as much as 240 million years old (in contrast to the 6,000 years of prevalent contemporary theory), and provided the first detailed description of the Tertiary period, dividing it into the Eocene, Miocene, and older and younger Pliocene periods.
		Darwin simply applied Lyell's geological method – explaining the past through what is observable in the present – to biology.
		Lyell arrived independently at the same theories as Hutton, and organized them into a popular and coherent form.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Lyell,+Charles (179 words)

	Rocky Road: Charles Lyell
		When Lyell introduced this concept in 1830, it was a controversial idea; many people relied on the story of the biblical flood to explain the earth's features, though most of Lyell's gentlemen-geologist colleagues did not.
		Lyell only reluctantly accepted the theory of evolution; for much of his life, he maintained a steady-state view of the earth and its inhabitants, arguing that as one species went extinct, another appeared.
		Lyell withheld his support of Agassiz's theory for decades, because it stood in direct opposition to his own hypotheses of a steady-state earth.
	www.strangescience.net /lyell.htm (519 words)

	Chinese language Professor Emeritus William Lyell dead at 75
		Lyell was born on June 29, 1930, in Rahway, N.J. After graduating from Rollins College in Winter Park, Fla., during the Korean War, Lyell enlisted in the Air Force, hoping to become a pilot.
		Lyell brought to the Asian Languages Department an enthusiasm for teaching and a commitment to his students that earned him the love and respect of those who studied with him, Dien said.
		Lyell is survived by his wife, Ruth, of Palo Alto; two daughters, Miriam Lyell Boisa of Stockton and Deirdre Lyell of Palo Alto; two sons, Sean Lyell of Lake Oswego, Ore., and David Lyell of Playa del Rey, Calif.; a sister, Mary Anne Elliott, of Toms River, N.J.; and seven grandchildren.
	news-service.stanford.edu /news/2005/september14/obitlyell-091405.html (740 words)

	Sir Charles Lyell & Prof. T. H. Huxley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In his Principles of Geology (3 volumes, 1830-33), Lyell conclusively showed that the earth was very old and had changed its form slowly, mainly from conditions such as erosion.
		Lyell was able to date the ages of rocks by using fossils embedded in the stone as time indicators.
		Lyell himself had believed that the various species of plants and animals had remained unchanged since they were created.
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	Evolution: Library: Charles Lyell: Principles of Geology
		Lyell argued that the formation of Earth's crust took place through countless small changes occurring over vast periods of time, all according to known natural laws.
		Thus these different phenomena were different aspects of the forces Lyell believed had operated over geological time to produce the world we see now.
		Like the forces Lyell talked of, the shifting and rising and falling of land (as illustrated by the Temple of Serapis), Darwin held that the forces seen today in the biologic world -- reproduction, inheritance, and competition -- gradually produced the whole diversity of life on Earth.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/evolution/library/02/4/l_024_01.html (481 words)

	Yosemite: Tuolumne Meadows and Lyell Canyon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		At 13,144 feet, Mt. Lyell is the highest point in Yosemite National Park, and home to California's second largest glacier which clings to its northern flank.
		Lyell and the glacier will not come into view until we walk almost 8 miles into the canyon.
		Along the trail, we meet the Lyell Fork at a place where a large slab of granite tries to hold back the stream.
	www.yosemiteriversideinn.com /lyellforkhike17sep99.htm (1808 words)

	Alfred Tennyson, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, and “In Memoriam”
		In March 1819 Lyell was elected to the geological society of London and in the same year to the linnean Society.
		Lyell also studied the coal – formations in Nova Scotia and discovered the earliest known land shell in the hollow shell of a Sigillaria.
		Lyell used indirect methods such as measuring the rates of sedimentation to measure the age of the earth.
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	Encyclopedia: Charles Lyell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Within scientific philosophy, uniformitarianism is the principle in which one assumes that the same processes that shaped the Universe occurred then as they do now, unless there is good evidence otherwise.
		Westminster Abbeys western facade The Collegiate Church of St Peter, Westminster, which is almost always referred to as Westminster Abbey, is a mainly Gothic church, on the scale of a cathedral, in Westminster, London, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster.
		Lyell is a lunar crater that lies along the eastern edge of the Mare Tranquillitatis, at the northern arm of the bay designated Sinus Concordiae.
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	Infamous Irish - Lyell Creek (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Fleur’s Invasion deserves a mention (although the story is Lyell’s) because she broke a bone in her leg over the last two hundred metres of the Rowe Cup, but still had the courage to fight on.
		Lyell had drawn 2, so we were crossing our fingers this would be the day Lyell finally turned the tables.
		Lyell had a tying up problem and proved it was a mere trifle (to him, don’t worry about me) by dashing around the Woodbine track on December 30th in 1:55.4, beating Springtop and Will Sikes.
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	Lottie Lyell: Silent Star of July 1996
		During her time in the theatre, she adopted the stage name of "Lottie Lyell" and began her close association with Raymond Longford which was to last until her death.
		Lyell quickly adapted to the new medium and Wright notes in "Brilliant Career" that 'It is impossible to find an unfavourable review of her work as a performer.' Many of her roles featured her skills as an expert horsewoman and accomplished swimmer.
		Lyell and Longford maintained a close relationship throughout their association, but never married due to Longford's marriage from which he was unable to obtain a divorce.
	www.csse.monash.edu.au /~pringle/silent/ssotm/July96 (675 words)

	Angus Council \| Local History \| People of Angus \| Sir Charles Lyell (1797 - 1875) an eminent scientist
		Born at Kinnordy House, near Kirriemuir on 14th November 1797, Sir Charles Lyell is perhaps the most significant figure ever born in Angus.
		Lyell’s prose is witty and subtle, and beautifully argued.
		Lyell was the first to discuss metamorphic rocks and their age, and in 1837 he published The Elements of Geology, a textbook for serious students of the science, which, like The Principles he spent his life revising, keeping abreast of new developments.
	www.angus.gov.uk /history/features/people/lyell.htm (486 words)

	Lyell likely lands in his hoops heaven
		All but assured of reaching his goal of playing NCAA Division One college basketball, Lyell and the rest of the Northfield Mount Herman School cagers came to Keaney Gym on the URI Campus in Kingston to compete in the National Prep School Invitational Tournament for a second straight season.
		Lyell, importantly, understands where he fits in, and that could possible be at upstart University of Vermont.
		As for Lyell, he is secure in the knowledge that he accomplished what he set out to do those 24 months ago.
	www.eastbayri.com /story/330189774096050.php (1076 words)

	CANOE -- JAM! Music - Pop Encyclopedia - Lyell, Ray
		Singer/songwriter Lyell began writing songs when he was 13 years old, after spending his childhood listening to music, most notably Elvis Presley.
		Recruiting the members of local band Ta-She (in return for singing for Ta-She when they went on the road afterwards), Lyell won the competition and after the tour with Ta-She was done, Rinaldo, Anthony and Tessaro joined forces with Lyell to form The Storm.
		Lyell carried on with a 1995 stripped-down, homegrown styled album called 'Working Man', but it too failed to set the Canadian airwaves on fire.
	jam.canoe.ca /Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/L/Lyell_Ray.html (565 words)

	SummitPost.org - Mount Lyell Climbing Information
		For highpoint seekers, Mt. Lyell is the highest point in Tuolumne county, one of the more difficult of the 58 California county highpoints.
		Permits for the Lyell Fork of the Tuolumne Meadows are very popular and likely to be unavailable on weekends unless you arrive early to stand in line.
		For a climb of Mt. Lyell most parties camp in the upper portion of Lyell Canyon (where there are still trees), or in the sparser flat areas in the smaller canyons to the west of the JMT along the route.
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	Sir Charles Lyell
		Sir Charles Lyell was a renowned geologist of the mid-nineteenth century.
		Lyell's work formed the foundation of belief in a universe billions of years old.
		Lyell himself, ironically, was reluctant to accept Darwin's model of evolution because he did not see evidence to support it.
	www.allaboutscience.org /sir-charles-lyell-faq.htm (516 words)

	Schedule for Lyell Seminar
		Lyell (1997) and Rudwick (1997) are the required textbooks.
		Lyell, C., 1990, Principles of Geology: with an introduction by M. Rudwick, University of Chicago Press, 3 volumes.
		Rudwick, M. S., 1998, Lyell and the Principles of Geology: in Blundell, D. J., and Scott, A. C., eds., Lyell: the past is the key to the present, Geological Society Special Publication 143, p.
	www.uwm.edu /People/mtharris/Lyell03/LyellSch.htm (451 words)

	Overview of Sir Charles Lyell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Lyell studied law at Oxford and practised for two years but, with a growing interest in geology, he was asked to contribute to a geological map of Scotland by surveying Angus (then Forfarshire).
		Lyell's Elements of Geology (1838) became a standard textbook and his Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man (1863) presented a balanced review of human evolution in the context of Darwin's theories.
		Lyell was the first to explain metamorphic rocks and proposed the division of the Tertiary period into distinct epochs.
	www.geo.ed.ac.uk /scotgaz/people/famousfirst915.html (331 words)

	Welcome to Lyell College (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Lyell College admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school.
		It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.
		Information on the Lyell College website is provided as a convenience for the College community and others seeking information.
	www.lyellcollege.com (122 words)

	Ray Lyell Academy of the Arts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		While Lyell’s reputation as a hard rocker with a down-to-earth songwriting style remains intact, this album ‘is about faith.
		This is something I felt strongly compelled to do,” Lyell says of his latest creative venture.
		Backed by a strong line-up of well-known rock musicians including Helix members, guitarist Gary Borden and drummer, Brian Doerner, as well as Paula Tessaro, Lyell’s co-vocalist during Ray Lyell and The Storm fame of the late ‘80’s and ‘90s, the album delivers the same roots-rock feel with direct messages of hope and inspiration.
	www.raylyell.com (223 words)

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