Sir Charles Lyell 1st Baronet
(1797-1875)
geologist, Knight Bachelor (from 1848), and 1st Baronet Lyell of Kinnordy (from 1864)
Commemorated on 2 plaques
In a house on this site lived from 1854-1875 Sir Charles Lyell 1797-1875 geologist,and from 1876-1882 William Ewart Gladstone 1809-1898 statesman
73 Harley Street, Westminster, W1, London, United Kingdom where they lived
Sir Charles Lyell BART FRS Geologist. Born Kinnordy Kirriemuir 1797. Died London 1875. Pioneering scientist and explorer whose principles of geology & elements of geology became a foundation stone of modern day geology, he was mentor and friend of Charles Darwin. Hylonomus lyelli
, Kirriemuir, United Kingdom where they was born near (1797)