<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Notes </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Member of the Royal Society of Agriculture of France </Td> </Tr> <P> James Hutton FRSE (/ ˈhʌtən /; 3 June 1726--26 March 1797) was a Scottish geologist, physician, chemical manufacturer, naturalist, and experimental agriculturalist . He originated the theory of uniformitarianism--a fundamental principle of geology--that explains the features of the Earth's crust by means of natural processes over geologic time . Hutton's work established geology as a science, and as a result he is referred to as the "Father of Modern Geology". </P> <P> Through observation and carefully reasoned geological arguments, Hutton came to believe that the Earth was perpetually being formed; he recognised that the history of Earth could be determined by understanding how processes such as erosion and sedimentation work in the present day . His theories of geology and geologic time, also called deep time, came to be included in theories which were called plutonism and uniformitarianism . Some of his writings anticipated the Gaia hypothesis . </P>

Who is considered the father of modern geology