attended Oxford University where his main interests at the
time were mathematics, classics, law, and geology. He continued
his career in law but later turned to geology and became
one of the most well-renowned geologists of our time. His
zoology skills helped him in his extensive studies and observations
around the world. Lyell is well known for his argument
that stated that geological processes that were easy to
observe were adequate enough to explain the geological history
of the Earth, and that the rain, oceans, volcanoes, and
earthquakes explained the geological history of the Earth in
ancient times. He put these ideas in his books entitled The
Geological Evidence of the Antiquity of Man and Principles
of Geology. Lyell was against the geological theories of his
time. He believed that it was necessary to create a timescale
that depicted the Earth’s history. His book Principles of Geology
was divided into several volumes. The first three were
particularly important because they introduced ideas pertaining
to igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks. His
third volume also dealt with paleontology and stratigraphy.
According to Charles Darwin, “The greatest merit of the
Principles was that it altered the whole tone of one’s mind,
and therefore that, when seeing a thing never seen by Lyell,
one yet saw it through his eyes.”
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