Lyell

Proper noun

Meaning

Lyell (plural Lyells)

A surname.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Although Darwin discussed evolutionary ideas with him from 1842, Lyell continued to reject evolution in each of the first nine editions of the Principles. Source: Internet

An observer named Andrew Crombie Ramsay at the meeting reported that Chambers "pushed his conclusions to a most unwarrantable length and got roughly handled on account of it by Buckland, De la Beche, Sedgwick, Murchison, and Lyell. Source: Internet

As this work was posthumous, no more was heard from Lyell. Source: Internet

Cape, London. p. 218 But when Lyell wrote that it remained a profound mystery how the huge gulf between man and beast could be bridged, Darwin wrote "Oh!" in the margin of his copy. Source: Internet

Cannon, Walter F. "The impact of uniformitarianism: two letters from John Herschel to Charles Lyell, 1836–1837." Source: Internet

Before the work of Lyell, phenomena such as earthquakes were understood by the destruction that they brought. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

lye-glass lyed lyege Lyellian lyencephalous Lyerly