| James Hutton was born in Edinburgh and was one of five children born to the merchant, William Hutton. |
| He was educated at the High School of Edinburgh where he learned mathematics and chemistry.
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| He entered the University of Edinburgh in |
| He was apprenticed to a lawyer but was more interested in medicine and in he became a physician's assistant. |
| In he received his M.D.
at Leiden University with a thesis on the circulatory system. What did james hutton discover |
| He returned to London in the mids and with his friend, James Davie, started a profitable company manufacturing crystalline salt for dyeing and metal works. |
| In the he moved to the farm he had inherited from his father and began to make improvements to the practice of agriculture and animal husbandry.
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| While working and clearing his land, he noticed that much of the rocks were composed of fossilized plant or animal material. |
Between and Hutton shared his knowledge of geology with the company construct
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