Charles Lyell
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Charles Lyell was a pioneering 19th-century Scottish geologist whose work on uniformitarianism and deep geological time profoundly shaped modern geology and influenced evolutionary thinkers.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Charles Lyell canonical | 26 |
| Lyell | 4 |
| Sir Charles Lyell | 3 |
| Charles Lyell was a geologist | 1 |
| Charles Lyell, 1st Baronet | 1 |
| Sir Charles Lyell, 1st Baronet | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16069 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Lyell Context triple: [Charles Darwin, influencedBy, Charles Lyell]
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Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin was a 19th-century English naturalist whose theory of evolution by natural selection revolutionized biology and our understanding of life on Earth.
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Erasmus Darwin
Erasmus Darwin was an 18th-century English physician, natural philosopher, and poet who proposed early ideas about biological evolution and influenced later evolutionary thought.
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C.
William Barton Rogers
William Barton Rogers was a 19th-century American geologist and educator best known for establishing the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and shaping its practical, science-focused educational philosophy.
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Edward O. Wilson
Edward O. Wilson was a pioneering American biologist and naturalist renowned for his work on biodiversity, sociobiology, and the study of ants.
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E.
Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier
Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier was a French mathematician and physicist best known for pioneering the theory of heat conduction and developing Fourier series, which laid the foundations of modern Fourier analysis.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Lyell Target entity description: Charles Lyell was a pioneering 19th-century Scottish geologist whose work on uniformitarianism and deep geological time profoundly shaped modern geology and influenced evolutionary thinkers.
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A.
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin was a 19th-century English naturalist whose theory of evolution by natural selection revolutionized biology and our understanding of life on Earth.
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B.
Erasmus Darwin
Erasmus Darwin was an 18th-century English physician, natural philosopher, and poet who proposed early ideas about biological evolution and influenced later evolutionary thought.
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C.
William Barton Rogers
William Barton Rogers was a 19th-century American geologist and educator best known for establishing the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and shaping its practical, science-focused educational philosophy.
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D.
Edward O. Wilson
Edward O. Wilson was a pioneering American biologist and naturalist renowned for his work on biodiversity, sociobiology, and the study of ants.
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E.
Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier
Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier was a French mathematician and physicist best known for pioneering the theory of heat conduction and developing Fourier series, which laid the foundations of modern Fourier analysis.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
author
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geologist ⓘ human ⓘ scientist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Copley Medal
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Royal Medal ⓘ Wollaston Medal ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1797-11-14 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Kinnordy, Angus, Scotland ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Westminster Abbey, London
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surface form:
Westminster Abbey
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| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfPublicationOfNotableWork | Principles of Geology first volume published in 1830 ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1875-02-22 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | London, England ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Exeter College, Oxford ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Scottish ⓘ |
| familyName |
Charles Lyell
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Lyell
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| fieldOfWork |
geology
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paleontology ⓘ stratigraphy ⓘ |
| genre | scientific literature ⓘ |
| givenName | Charles ⓘ |
| inferredFrom | 19th-century Scottish geologist description ⓘ |
| influenced |
Alfred Russel Wallace
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Charles Darwin ⓘ Thomas Henry Huxley ⓘ modern geology ⓘ |
| influencedBy | James Hutton ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocating the concept of deep geological time
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formulating and popularizing uniformitarianism in geology ⓘ influencing Charles Darwin ⓘ influencing evolutionary theory ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Geological Society of London
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Royal Society ⓘ |
| movement | uniformitarianism ⓘ |
| name | Charles Lyell self-link ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Baronet ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Principles of Geology
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The Elements of Geology ⓘ The Geological Evidence of the Antiquity of Man ⓘ |
| occupation |
geologist
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writer ⓘ |
| positionHeld | President of the Geological Society of London ⓘ |
| spouse | Mary Horner Lyell ⓘ |
| subjectOf | history of geology ⓘ |
| theory |
Earth’s surface is shaped by slow, continuous processes over long periods
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geological processes in the present are key to understanding the past ⓘ |
| title |
Charles Lyell
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Sir Charles Lyell, 1st Baronet
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Lyell
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Sir Charles Lyell
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Charles Lyell, 1st Baronet
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Sir Charles Lyell
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Lyell
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Sir Charles Lyell
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