A pupil of Gottlob Werner at Freiberg, he was in turn one of Charles Darwin’s teachers. He was a controversial writer, accused of bias towards those who shared his Wernerian sympathies such as Cuvier, while attacking Playfair, Hutton and Lyell.
A pupil of Gottlob Werner at Freiberg, he was in turn one of Charles Darwin’s teachers. He was a controversial writer, accused of bias towards those who shared his Wernerian sympathies such as Cuvier, while attacking Playfair, Hutton and Lyell.