地質学者

James Hutton

1726 - 1797

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James Hutton

ジェームズ・ハットン（James Hutton、ユリウス暦1726年6月3日 - グレゴリオ暦1797年3月26日）は、イギリスの地質学者。近代地質学の基礎となる地球観である斉一説の提唱者として知られ、その説を証明する地質学上有名なハットンの不整合をスコットランドのジェドバラとシッカーポイントで発見した。また、火成論者としても知られ、その研究から地球の年齢が非常に古いことを示し、地質学が従来のキリスト教的「若い地球」観から脱却することにつながった。ウィキペディアで詳細を読む

His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia. James Hutton is the 8th most popular 地質学者 (up from 9th in 2024), the 573rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 535th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular British 地質学者.

James Hutton is most famous for the theory of uniformitarianism. He believed that the Earth was shaped by slow, gradual processes, and that these processes are still happening today.

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Among 地質学者

Among 地質学者, James Hutton ranks 8 out of 90. Before him are Alfred Wegener, Nicolas Steno, Milutin Milanković, Inge Lehmann, Charles Lyell, and Friedrich Mohs. After him are Mary Anning, Eduard Suess, Andrija Mohorovičić, Francis Beaufort, Abraham Gottlob Werner, and Beno Gutenberg.

Most Popular 地質学者 in Wikipedia

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Alfred Wegener
1880 - 1930
HPI: 78.56
Rank: 2
Nicolas Steno
1638 - 1686
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 3
Milutin Milanković
1879 - 1958
HPI: 72.57
Rank: 4
Inge Lehmann
1888 - 1993
HPI: 72.21
Rank: 5
Charles Lyell
1797 - 1875
HPI: 71.72
Rank: 6
Friedrich Mohs
1773 - 1839
HPI: 71.59
Rank: 7
James Hutton
1726 - 1797
HPI: 71.28
Rank: 8
Mary Anning
1799 - 1847
HPI: 70.94
Rank: 9
Eduard Suess
1831 - 1914
HPI: 70.69
Rank: 10
Andrija Mohorovičić
1857 - 1936
HPI: 70.67
Rank: 11
Francis Beaufort
1774 - 1857
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 12
Abraham Gottlob Werner
1749 - 1817
HPI: 68.30
Rank: 13
Beno Gutenberg
1889 - 1960
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 14

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1726, James Hutton ranks 4. Before him are Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain, François-André Danican Philidor, and Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia. After him are Louise Henriette de Bourbon, Jacob Frank, Gerard Majella, Prince Henry of Prussia, Maria Teresa Felicitas d'Este, Franz Joseph I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Daniel Chodowiecki, and Alexander Ypsilantis. Among people deceased in 1797, James Hutton ranks 7. Before him are Frederick William II of Prussia, Baron Munchausen, Mary Wollstonecraft, Horace Walpole, Edmund Burke, and François-Noël Babeuf. After him are Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, Lazare Hoche, Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, Vilna Gaon, and Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony.

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Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain
POLITICIAN
1726 - 1746
HPI: 72.23
Rank: 1
François-André Danican Philidor
CHESS PLAYER
1726 - 1795
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 2
Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia
POLITICIAN
1726 - 1796
HPI: 71.83
Rank: 3
James Hutton
GEOLOGIST
1726 - 1797
HPI: 71.28
Rank: 4
Louise Henriette de Bourbon
NOBLEMAN
1726 - 1759
HPI: 67.89
Rank: 5
Jacob Frank
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1726 - 1791
HPI: 66.29
Rank: 6
Gerard Majella
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1726 - 1755
HPI: 65.99
Rank: 7
Prince Henry of Prussia
POLITICIAN
1726 - 1802
HPI: 64.21
Rank: 8
Maria Teresa Felicitas d'Este
NOBLEMAN
1726 - 1754
HPI: 64.20
Rank: 9
Franz Joseph I, Prince of Liechtenstein
POLITICIAN
1726 - 1781
HPI: 64.01
Rank: 10
Daniel Chodowiecki
PAINTER
1726 - 1801
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 11
Alexander Ypsilantis
POLITICIAN
1726 - 1807
HPI: 60.90
Rank: 12

Others Deceased in 1797

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Frederick William II of Prussia
POLITICIAN
1744 - 1797
HPI: 79.39
Rank: 1
Baron Munchausen
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1720 - 1797
HPI: 77.47
Rank: 2
Mary Wollstonecraft
WRITER
1759 - 1797
HPI: 76.52
Rank: 3
Horace Walpole
POLITICIAN
1717 - 1797
HPI: 76.39
Rank: 4
Edmund Burke
POLITICIAN
1729 - 1797
HPI: 75.69
Rank: 5
François-Noël Babeuf
JOURNALIST
1760 - 1797
HPI: 74.14
Rank: 6
James Hutton
GEOLOGIST
1726 - 1797
HPI: 71.28
Rank: 7
Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar
POLITICIAN
1742 - 1797
HPI: 69.77
Rank: 8
Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern
COMPANION
1715 - 1797
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 9
Lazare Hoche
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1768 - 1797
HPI: 67.03
Rank: 10
Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg
NOBLEMAN
1732 - 1797
HPI: 66.94
Rank: 11
Vilna Gaon
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1720 - 1797
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 12
Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony
POLITICIAN
1728 - 1797
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 13

In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Hutton ranks 573 out of 8,785. Before him are John Hicks (1904), Eadweard Muybridge (1830), John Bowlby (1907), Jim Clark (1936), Stanley Matthews (1915), and Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington (1919). After him are Thomas Cromwell (1485), John Knox (1514), Christopher Wren (1632), John Turner (1929), James Bradley (1693), and Domnall mac Ailpín (812).

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John Hicks
ECONOMIST
1904 - 1989
HPI: 71.34
Rank: 567
Eadweard Muybridge
PHOTOGRAPHER
1830 - 1904
HPI: 71.33
Rank: 568
John Bowlby
PSYCHOLOGIST
1907 - 1990
HPI: 71.33
Rank: 569
Jim Clark
RACING DRIVER
1936 - 1968
HPI: 71.32
Rank: 570
Stanley Matthews
SOCCER PLAYER
1915 - 2000
HPI: 71.30
Rank: 571
Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington
POLITICIAN
1919 - 2018
HPI: 71.29
Rank: 572
James Hutton
GEOLOGIST
1726 - 1797
HPI: 71.28
Rank: 573
Thomas Cromwell
PUBLIC WORKER
1485 - 1540
HPI: 71.27
Rank: 574
John Knox
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1514 - 1572
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 575
Christopher Wren
ARCHITECT
1632 - 1723
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 576
John Turner
POLITICIAN
1929 - 2020
HPI: 71.24
Rank: 577
James Bradley
ASTRONOMER
1693 - 1762
HPI: 71.24
Rank: 578
Domnall mac Ailpín
POLITICIAN
812 - 862
HPI: 71.23
Rank: 579