‘The dog that didn’t bark’: James Hutton, the Theory of the Earth and the Church of Scotland – by Dr Adrian Shaw
James Hutton and the Theory of the Earth. 2026 is the tercentenary of the birth of James Hutton, enlightenment polymath, agricultural improver and natural philosopher. He is best known for his Theory of the Earth, presented to the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1785, a seminal contribution to geology, geomorphology …