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Who first proposed the theory of catastrophism?
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Who first proposed the theory of catastrophism?

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Lyell presented his ideas in the influential three volume work, Principles of Geology, published in the 1830s, which challenged theories about geological cataclysms proposed by proponents of catastrophism like Cuvier and Buckland.
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