Person Lyell; Sir; Charles (1797 - 1875) Lyell Charles Sir 1797 - 1875 British Male Family residence at Kinnordy, near Kirriemuir, Forfarshire, Scotland 14 November 1797 His house at 53 Harley Street, London 22 February 1875 Burial: Nave of Westminster Abbey, London

29 Norfolk Street, London (1825)

Geology Evolutionary biology Education: Oxford; Lincoln's Inn Career: Called to the Bar (1825); first Professor of Geology, King's College London (1831- resignation in 1833) Honours: Kt 1848; Bt 1864 Memberships: FGS; FLS; Athenaeum Married (12 July 1832) Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Leonard Horner (FRS 1813) Medals and prizes: Royal Medal 1834; Copley Medal 1858 Lectures: Bakerian 1835 Fellow 02/02/1826 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1876-1877 vol 25 pp xi-xiv signed by A G References: Sir Edward Bailey, 'Charles Lyell, FRS (1797-1875)' in NR 1959 vol 14 pp 121-138, plate Roy M MacLeod, 'Of Medals and Men: A Reward System in Victorian Science 1826-1914' in NR 1971 vol 26 pp 81-105 Martin Rudwick, 'Charles Lyell, FRS (1797-1875) and His London Lectures on Geology, 1832-33' in NR 1974-5 vol 29 pp 231-263 M J Bartholomew, 'The Award of the Copley Medal to Charles Darwin' in NR 1975-6 vol 30 pp 209-218 David A Cumming, 'John MacCulloch, FRS, at Addiscombe: The Lectureships in Chemistry and Geology' in NR 1979-80 vol 34 pp 155-183 William Mills, 'Darwin and the Iceberg Theory' in NR 1983-84 vol 38 pp 109-127 Gillian Beer, 'Translation or Transformation? The Relations of Literature and Science' in NR 1990 vol 44 pp 81-99 Susan Sheets-Pyenson, '"Pearls Before Swine": Sir William Dawson's Bakerian Lecture of 1870' in NR 1991 vol 45 pp 177-191 G Y Craig, 'The Essence of Lyell', review of Charles Lyell's Principles of Geology (1830-33), ed. J Secord, in NR 1998 vol 52 p 375 R W Home, 'The Royal Society and the Empire: the colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship. Part 2. After 1847' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 47-84 G Ferrari and A McConnell, 'Robert Mallet and the 'Great Neapolitan earthquake' of 1857 in NR 2005 vol 59 pp 45-64 ©The Royal Society International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-13599 14 Nov 1797 - 22 Feb 1875 NA8255 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/68999334 ab54b1fa-a067-4e9d-b79c-f57ecd35d726