What is recorded here
This stone commemorative plaque records: Sir Charles Lyell BART FRS Geologist. Born Kinnordy Kirriemuir 1797. Died London 1875. Pioneering scientist and explorer whose principles of geology & elements of geology became a foundation stone of modern day geology, he was mentor and friend of Charles Darwin. Hylonomus lyelli
Sir Charles Lyell, 1st Baronet, was a pioneering geologist whose works on geological principles significantly influenced the development of modern geology; he also mentored and supported Charles Darwin.
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