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Mary Horner Lyell (9 October 1808 – 24 April 1873) was a conchologist and geologist. She was married to the famed British geologist Charles Lyell and assisted him in his scientific work. She never became widely known in her own right, although it is believed by historians that she likely made major contributions to her husband's ...
- British
- Mary Horner
- Geologist
- Charles Lyell (m. 1832-1873)
Mary Horner Lyell (1808-1873) was surrounded by geology from the beginning of her life. Her father, Professor Leonard Horner, taught geology in England and Germany, and became a member of the...
Mary Elizabeth (née Horner), Lady Lyell. (1808-1873), Geologist and conchologist; wife of Sir Charles Lyell, 1st Bt; daughter of Leonard Horner. Sitter associated with 3 portraits. Lyell's contributions as a conchologist and geologist were overlooked in her own lifetime, but the impact on her husband, Charles Lyell and his research, has been ...
Lyell, Mary Horner (1808–1873) British geologist and conchologist. Born Mary Horner in 1808, probably in London, England; died in 1873; eldest of six daughters of Leonard Horner (a geolo-gist); married Charles Lyell (1797–1875, a geologist), in 1832.
Sir Charles Lyell, 1st Baronet, FRS (14 November 1797 – 22 February 1875) was a Scottish geologist who demonstrated the power of known natural causes in explaining the earth's history.
Charles Lyell, on his way to becoming a famous geologist, married Mary Horner in Bonn in July 1832; volume 3 of his ‘Principles of Geology’ was published by John Murray in London in May 1833. Between these two dates Lyell encountered the loess of the Rhine valley.
Mary Horner Lyell. 1808 - 1873. Portrait of Lady Lyell, after a crayon drawing by George Richmond, R.A. It appeared in Life, Letters and Journals of Sir Charles Lyell, opposite pg. 285. Published 1881 in London by John Murray. Image courtesy of Wellcome Library, London.
