History of geology
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The history of geology is concerned with the development of the natural science of geology. Geology is the scientific study of the origin, history, and structure of the Earth.
Illustration from a 1767 account by William Hamilton of a volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius
A portrait of Whiston with a diagram demonstrating his theories of cometary catastrophism best described in A New Theory of the Earth
Scotsman James Hutton is considered to be the father of modern geology.
Bust of William Smith, in the Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Neptunism
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Neptunism is a superseded scientific theory of geology proposed by the German geologist Abraham Gottlob Werner in the late 18th century, who proposed that rocks formed from the crystallisation of mine
Abraham Gottlob Werner (1749–1817), the founder of neptunism
