
Language
en
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Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Tom Cosmas from files kindly provided by The Internet Archive
Release date
2020-11-30
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1802–1856
A self-taught Scottish writer, geologist, and folklorist, he rose from working as a stonemason to become one of the best-known popular science voices of the 19th century. His books brought fossil discoveries, religion, and the natural history of Scotland to a wide audience.
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