james hutton was a scotish gentelman and farmer.he was born in 1726 and died 1797.

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Most people in James Hutton's time believed in young earth. But Hutton could imagine the millions of years needed for processes to slowly change the landscape.

He was born in 1726
And died in 1797

James Hutton was born in Edinburgh on the 3rd of June 1726 - 26th March 1797.

Its a video about the rock cycle.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7YQ5vwaL98&feature;=related

James Hutton (1726–1797), a Scottish farmer and naturalist, is known as the founder of modern geology. He was a great observer of the world around him. More importantly, he made carefully reasoned geological arguments. Hutton came to believe that the Earth was perpetually being formed; for example, molten material is forced up into mountains, eroded, and then eroded sediments are washed away. He recognized that the history of the Earth could be determined by understanding how processes such as erosion and sedimentation work in the present day. His ideas and approach to studying the Earth established geology as a proper science

In the mid-1700’s, a Scottish physician named James Hutton began to challenge the literal interpretation of the Bible by making detailed observations of rivers

James Hutton owned a big farm in Scotland

james hutton 14th june 1726-1797 endinburgh scottland and e was a physician and famer 'father of geology'

James Hutton was born in 1726 and died in 1797, he was a scottish geologist, physician, naturalist, chemist and experimental farmer.

. After three years he studied the subject in Paris, then in 1749 took the degree of Doctor of Medicine at Leyden with a thesis on blood circulation

Hutton hit on a variety of ideas to explain the rock formations he saw around him, but according to Playfair he "was in no haste to publish his theory; for he was one of those who are much more delighted with the contemplation of truth, than with the praise of having discovered it”. After some 25 years of work, his Theory of the Earth; or an Investigation of the Laws observable in the Composition, Dissolution, and Restoration of Land upon the Globe was read to meetings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in two parts, the first by his friend Joseph Black on 7 March 1785, and the second by himself on 4 April 1785. Hutton subsequently read an abstract of his dissertation Concerning the System of the Earth, its Duration and Stability to Society meeting on 4 July 1785 which he had printed and circulated privately.

The rock cycle is a fundamental concept in geology that describes the dynamic transitions through geologic time among the three main rock types: sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous.

he was born in Edinburgh on the 3rd of june in 1726

These changes add up to huge changes in the Earth's surface. The heat inside the Earth also plays a part in this change.

''The Earth has a history, it was not created all at once''

James Hutton owned a big farm in Scotland, he studied rock formations and collected rock samples. Gradually, he learned to interpet rocks.

His claim the earth is aeons old was centred on his observation that the surface of the earth is being continually recycled and regenerated.

The rock cycle was explained by James Hutton he said that over long periods of time, slow processes such as erosion and deposistion of sediment take place.

We found a video on you tube about james hutton.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fC0v7psWE_w