The Scottish scientist, who is credited as a mentor to Charles Darwin, will have his archives of books and notebooks on display for the first time…
CONVERSATIONS between Scottish geologist Sir Charles Lyell and Charles Darwin will be part of a collection on public display for the first time.
In Principles of Geology, he argued that various rock formations had taken place gradually over a long period of time, which differed from the general view at the time that the Earth's surface had been formed by catastrophic events unlike those ever seen by humans.Daryl Green, head of heritage collections and co-director of the Centre for Research Collections at the University of Edinburgh, said: “Sir Charles Lyell is one of the most important scientific figures of the 19th century.
During his time, his notes provide a view into how scientific expeditions were intertwined with the divides of race, religion, culture and politics.
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