Charles Darwin
Sir Charles Lyell was a renowned geologist of the mid 19th. Century. He was a firm believer in UNIFORMITARISM. this philosophy claims that geological, and biological "causes", or forces, have always been working in the same way and with the same intensity. Lyell's work formed the foundation of belief in a universe billions of years old. Though Lyell had trouble accepting some evolutionary theories, his work heavily influenced Charles Darwin. In fact, Darwin's concept of gradual evolution lacked an acceptable time frame until he embraced Lyell's old-earth theories.
Charles Lyell, and Charles Darwin shared a support for uniformitarianism. This conflicted with the then prevailing theory of Catastrophism. the belief that the Universe, and earth, experienced major changes only as a result of major, rapid, catastrophic events. Scientist at the time saw no hard evidence that the earth was old enough to experience large - scale changes in any other way......
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