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Description: | s.d. inscr. base "JAMES HUTTON M.D. / 1792 / Tassie F"
CRE TASSIE, James; (Scottish; 1735-1799) 1792 Hutton studied mineralogy, geology and medicine at the University of Edinburgh, and was a member of the Edinburgh Philosophical Society. His "The Theory of The Earth" (1795) formed the basis of modern geology. The geologist is dressed in classical robes, bringing to mind the philosophers of ancient Greece and Rome, but also those of the Scottish Enlightenment, based in the "Athens of the North", Edinburgh.
(Dr Ailsa Boyd, 2003) | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | HISTORICAL COLLECTION : UNIVERSITY HISTORY : HISTPER : NACF : TASSIE_M : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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