. Eminent naturalists. Naturalists; Science. Fg!^^^3 S^-fl^W^^t^MW SIR CHARLES LYELL, his distinguished Scottish geologist was born at Kinnordy, Forfarshire, November 14th, 1797. His father, Charles Lyell, was a man of literary and scientific pursuits, and it may fairly be inferred that the bent of the mind of his son was somewhat inclined by his own studies, he being an ardent botanist and also trans- lator of the " Vita Nuova ' and the "Convito' of Dante. The subject of our sketch was the eldest of ten children, two brothers andseven sisters, who all lived to grow up. In a c
. Eminent naturalists. Naturalists; Science. Fg!^^^3 S^-fl^W^^t^MW SIR CHARLES LYELL, his distinguished Scottish geologist was born at Kinnordy, Forfarshire, November 14th, 1797. His father, Charles Lyell, was a man of literary and scientific pursuits, and it may fairly be inferred that the bent of the mind of his son was somewhat inclined by his own studies, he being an ardent botanist and also trans- lator of the " Vita Nuova ' and the "Convito' of Dante. The subject of our sketch was the eldest of ten children, two brothers andseven sisters, who all lived to grow up. In a characteristic autobiography of his boyish days, which he wrote for the " instruction and amuse- ment'1 of his wife, who was a daughter of the cele- brated Leonard Horner, he thus records his entrance into life. Premising that his mother was a Yorkshire- woman, the daughter of a Mr. Thomas Smith, of Maker Hall, Swaledale, gifted with strong practical common- 160. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Greenwood, Thomas, 1851-1908. London, Simpkin, Marshall
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