Who is Hutton, James (1726–1797) Scottish Geologist

Who is Hutton, James (1726–1797) Scottish Geologist James Hutton’s

most important contribution to science was his book

entitled Theory of the Earth. The theory was simple and yet

contained such fundamental ideas that he was later known as

the founder of modern geology. In the 30-year period when

he was developing and writing his ideas, other areas of earth

sciences had been explored, however geology had not really

been recognized as an important science. Hutton’s “Theory

of the Earth” consisted of three main ideas: (1) the amount of

time the Earth had existed as a “habitable world;” (2) the

changes it had undergone in the past; and (3) whether any

end to the present state of affairs could be foreseen. He also

talked about how the rocks were good at indicating the different

periods and how they could tell us roughly when the

Earth was formed. Initially his ideas were not well received

by his fellow scientists. His ideas contradicted the natural

conservatism of many geologists, including a reluctance to

abandon belief in the biblical account of creation, and the

widespread catastrophism. By the 1830s even though geolo-

gists were still conservative, they were better equipped to

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