James Hall, 4th baronet
1761–1832
Scottish geologist and chemist. Succeeded to the baronetcy in 1776. Travelled in Europe, where he met several European scientists and became interested in geology and chemistry, 1783–6. A strong supporter of James Hutton, carrying out experimental work to counter criticisms of Hutton’s Theory of the earth (1795). MP for Mitchell, Cornwall, 1807–12. President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1812–20. FRS 1806.
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ODNB
Bibliography
DSB: Dictionary of scientific biography. Edited by Charles Coulston Gillispie and Frederic L. Holmes. 18 vols. including index and supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1970–90.
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
