James Hutton FRSE (Edinburgh, 3 June 1726 OS – 26 March 1797) was a Scottish physician, geologist, naturalist, chemical manufacturer and experimental agriculturalist. His work helped to establish the basis of modern geology. His theories of geology and geologic time, also called deep time, came to be included in theories which were called plutonism and uniformitarianism. He is also credited as the first scientist to publicly express the Earth was alive and should be considered a superorganism.
Read more about James Hutton: Early Life and Career, Theory of Rock Formations, Publication, Opposing Theories, Acceptance of Geological Theories, Works
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