Charles Lyell
Charles Lyell
| Sir Charles Lyell Bart., DCL, LLD, FRS, VPGS | |||||||||||
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| Born | 1797 | ||||||||||
| Died | 1875 | ||||||||||
| Residence |
53 Harley Street, W. 73 Harley Street, W. [1872] | ||||||||||
| Occupation |
geologist legal | ||||||||||
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Contents
Notes
Office Notes
House Notes
contributes £2 to the Jamaica Committee (opposed to Eyre)
1875.02.23 death noted
Notes From Elsewhere
Eq, Ord. Boruss. 'pour le merite', Hon, MRS Ed. FSL President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science
Sir Charles Lyell, 1st Baronet, Kt FRS (14 November 1797 – 22 February 1875) was a British lawyer and the foremost geologist of his day.
Member of the Athenaeum club from 1824
Publications
External Publications
· Lyell, Charles (1830). · Principles of geology, being an attempt to explain the former changes of the Earth's surface, by reference to causes now in operation. vol. 1. London: John Murray.
· Lyell, Charles (1832). · Principles of geology, being an attempt to explain the former changes of the Earth's surface, by reference to causes now in operation. vol. 2. London: John Murray.
· Lyell, Charles (1833). · Principles of geology, being an attempt to explain the former changes of the Earth's surface, by reference to causes now in operation. vol. 3. London: John Murray.
Details of publication[edit]
Main article: Principles of Geology
· Principles of Geology 1st edition, 1st vol. Jan. 1830 (· John Murray, London).
· Principles of Geology 1st edition, 2nd vol. Jan. 1832
· Principles of Geology 1st edition, 3rd vol. May 1833
· Principles of Geology 2nd edition, 1st vol. 1832
· Principles of Geology 2nd edition, 2nd vol. Jan. 1833
· Principles of Geology 3rd edition, 4 vols. May 1834
· Principles of Geology 4th edition, 4 vols. June 1835
· Principles of Geology 5th edition, 4 vols. March 1837
· Principles of Geology 6th edition, 3 vols. June 1840
· Principles of Geology 7th edition, 1 vol. Feb. 1847
· Principles of Geology 8th edition, 1 vol. May 1850
· Principles of Geology 9th edition, 1 vol. June 1853
· Principles of Geology 10th edition, 1866–68
· Principles of Geology 11th edition, 2 vols. 1872
· Principles of Geology 12th edition, 2 vols. 1875 (published posthumously)
Elements of Geology[edit]
· · Elements of Geology 1 vol. 1st edition, July 1838 (John Murray, London)
· Elements of Geology 2 vols. 2nd edition, July 1841
· Elements of Geology (Manual of Elementary Geology) 1 vol. 3rd edition, Jan. 1851
· Elements of Geology (Manual of Elementary Geology) 1 vol. 4th edition, Jan. 1852
· Elements of Geology (Manual of Elementary Geology) 1 vol. 5th edition, 1855
· Elements of Geology 6th edition, 1865
· · Elements of Geology, The Student's Series, 1871
Travels in North America[edit]
· Lyell, C. (1845). · Travels in North America 1. London: John Murray.
· Lyell, C. (1845). · Travels in North America 2. London: John Murray.
· Lyell, C. (1849). · A Second Visit to the United States of North America 1. London: John Murray.
· Lyell, C. (1849). · A Second Visit to the United States of North America 2. London: John Murray.
Antiquity of Man[edit]
· · Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man 1 vol. · 1st edition, Feb. 1863 (John Murray, London)
· Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man 1 vol. 2nd edition, April 1863
· Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man 1 vol. 3rd edition, Nov. 1863
· Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man 1 vol. 4th edition, May 1873
Life, Letters, and Journals[edit]
· Lyell K.M. (ed) (1881). · Life, Letters, and Journals of Sir Charles Lyell 1. London: John Murray.
· Lyell K.M. (ed) (1881). · Life, Letters, and Journals of Sir Charles Lyell 2. London: John Murray.
