James Hutton

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Scottish geologist who described the processes that have shaped the surface of the earth (1726-1797)

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His journals, originally intended only for private circulation, were first published by Thomas Cooper. citation citation James Hutton then published a version with Whitefield's approval. Source: Internet

In 1785 James Hutton proposed an opposing, self-maintaining infinite cycle based on natural history and not on the Biblical account. Source: Internet

It has been said that "as things appear from the perspective of the 20th century, James Hutton in those readings became the founder of modern geology". Source: Internet

J. Repcheck, The Man Who Found Time: James Hutton and the Discovery of the Earth's Antiquity (Basic Books, 2003), pp. 117–143. Source: Internet

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