Tercentenary of the father of modern geology coming up in 2026

James Hutton studied law and medicine and was not a good writer — he initially became a farmer but ended up becoming a celebrated geologist

View of cliffs and water of the Firth of Forth from the Siccar Point in Berwickshire, Scottish Borders. Siccar Point is famous in the history of geology for 'Hutton's Unconformity' found in 1788, which James Hutton regarded as conclusive proof of his uniformitarian theory of geological development

‘We find no vestige of a beginning, no prospect of an end’ — James Hutton, The Theory of the Earth

Which great naturalist will we celebrate in 2026?