Quo Fuit places 6 dated presences for James Hutton across 6 places, from 1785 to 1787.
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James Hutton (3 June O.S. 1726 – 26 March 1797) was a Scottish geologist, agriculturalist, chemical manufacturer, naturalist and physician.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where James Hutton was documented, and when
1785year
Glen Tiltattested“In it, he outlined his theory as follows; In the summer of 1785 at Glen Tilt and other sites in the Cairngorm mountains in the Scottish Highlands, Hutton found granite penetrating metamorphic schists, in a way which indicated that the gr…”source: Wikipedia: James Hutton
1785year
Cairngormsattested“In it, he outlined his theory as follows; In the summer of 1785 at Glen Tilt and other sites in the Cairngorm mountains in the Scottish Highlands, Hutton found granite penetrating metamorphic schists, in a way which indicated that the gr…”source: Wikipedia: James Hutton
1785year
Scottish Highlandsattested“In it, he outlined his theory as follows; In the summer of 1785 at Glen Tilt and other sites in the Cairngorm mountains in the Scottish Highlands, Hutton found granite penetrating metamorphic schists, in a way which indicated that the gr…”source: Wikipedia: James Hutton
1786year
Gallowayattested“He found other examples in Galloway in 1786, and on the Isle of Arran in 1787.”source: Wikipedia: James Hutton
1787year
Isle of Arranattested“On the 1787 trip to the Isle of Arran he found his first example of Hutton's Unconformity to the north of Newton Point near Lochranza, but the limited view meant that the condition of the underlying strata was not clear enough for him, a…”source: Wikipedia: James Hutton
1787year
Lochranzaattested“On the 1787 trip to the Isle of Arran he found his first example of Hutton's Unconformity to the north of Newton Point near Lochranza, but the limited view meant that the condition of the underlying strata was not clear enough for him, a…”source: Wikipedia: James Hutton
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Places James Hutton is documented in
Cairngorms1 presence · 1785
Galloway1 presence · 1786
Glen Tilt1 presence · 1785
Isle of Arran1 presence · 1787
Lochranza1 presence · 1787
Scottish Highlands1 presence · 1785
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1747year
Londonmentioned“Around 1747, he had a son by a Miss Edington, and though he gave his child, James Smeaton Hutton, financial assistance, he had little to do with the boy, who went on to become a post-office clerk in London.”source: Wikipedia: James Hutton
14 August 1749exact date
Parismentioned“After a two-year stay in Paris, James Hutton arrived in Leiden in 1749, where he enrolled at the University of Leiden on 14 August 1749, at the home of the then rector magnificus Joachim Schwartz to obtain a doctorate in medicine.”source: Wikipedia: James Hutton
14 August 1749exact date
Leidenmentioned“After a two-year stay in Paris, James Hutton arrived in Leiden in 1749, where he enrolled at the University of Leiden on 14 August 1749, at the home of the then rector magnificus Joachim Schwartz to obtain a doctorate in medicine.”source: Wikipedia: James Hutton
1750year
Edinburghmentioned“After his degree Hutton went to London, then in mid-1750 returned to Edinburgh and resumed chemical experiments with close friend, John Davie.”source: Wikipedia: James Hutton
1750year
Londonmentioned“After his degree Hutton went to London, then in mid-1750 returned to Edinburgh and resumed chemical experiments with close friend, John Davie.”source: Wikipedia: James Hutton
1768year
Edinburghmentioned“In 1768, Hutton returned to Edinburgh, letting his farms to tenants but continuing to take an interest in farm improvements and research which included experiments carried out at Slighhouses.”source: Wikipedia: James Hutton
1770year
St John's Hillmentioned“He had a house built in 1770 at St John's Hill, Edinburgh, overlooking Salisbury Crags.”source: Wikipedia: James Hutton
7 April 1785exact date
The Royal Society of Edinburghmentioned“Hutton presented his theory of the earth on 4 March and 7 April 1785, at the Royal Society of Edinburgh.”source: Wikipedia: James Hutton
7 April 1785exact date
Royal Societymentioned“Hutton presented his theory of the earth on 4 March and 7 April 1785, at the Royal Society of Edinburgh.”source: Wikipedia: James Hutton
1788year
Berwickshirementioned“In the Spring of 1788 he set off with John Playfair to the Berwickshire coast and found more examples of this sequence in the valleys of the Tour and Pease Burns near Cockburnspath.”source: Wikipedia: James Hutton
1788year
Cockburnspathmentioned“In the Spring of 1788 he set off with John Playfair to the Berwickshire coast and found more examples of this sequence in the valleys of the Tour and Pease Burns near Cockburnspath.”source: Wikipedia: James Hutton
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