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Hutton

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Hut·ton  (htn), James 1726-1797.
British geologist. His ideas, presented in A Theory of the Earth (1785), form the basis of modern geology.
Hutton [ˈhʌtən]
n
1. (Biographies / Hutton, James (1726-1797) M, Scottish, SCIENCE: geologist) James. 1726-97, Scottish geologist, regarded as the founder of modern geology
2. (Biographies / Hutton, Sir Leonard (1916-1990) M, English, SPORT AND GAMES: cricketer) Sir Leonard, known as Len Hutton. 1916-90, English cricketer; the first professional captain of England (1953)
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Noun1.Hutton - English cricketer (1916-1990)
Sir Leonard Hutton
2.Hutton - Scottish geologist who described the processes that have shaped the surface of the earth (1726-1797)
James Hutton


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Hutton, that whole flocks of these crossed geese are kept in various parts of the country; and as they are kept for profit, where neither pure parent-species exists, they must certainly be highly fertile.
The Origin of Species by Darwin, Charles View in context
If it prove a mind of uncommon activity and power, a Locke, a Lavoisier, a Hutton, a Bentham, a Fourier, it imposes its classification on other men, and lo
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Hutton has described a sphex with similar habits in India, in the "Journal of the Asiatic Society," vol.
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