James Croll

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James Croll was a 19th-century Scottish scientist and self-taught glaciologist whose pioneering work on orbital variations and climate laid early foundations for modern ice age theory.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Scottish person ⓘ
climatologist ⓘ
glaciologist ⓘ
person ⓘ
scientist ⓘ
birthDate 1821-01-02 ⓘ
birthPlace Little Whitefield, Perthshire, Scotland ⓘ
burialPlace Cumbernauld, Scotland ⓘ
linked to: Cumbernauld
causeOfDeath stomach cancer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate 1890-12-15 ⓘ
education largely self-taught ⓘ
electedToMembership Royal Society of London in 1876 ⓘ
employer Geological Survey of Scotland ⓘ
Scottish Office of Works ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup Scottish ⓘ
familyName Croll ⓘ
fieldOfWork astronomy ⓘ
climatology ⓘ
geology ⓘ
glaciology ⓘ
paleoclimatology ⓘ
givenName James ⓘ
hasConcept feedbacks between ice sheets and climate ⓘ
interglacial periods caused by orbital forcing ⓘ
influenced Milutin Milanković ⓘ
subsequent orbital theories of ice ages ⓘ
influencedBy Charles Lyell ⓘ
William Thomson (Lord Kelvin) ⓘ
linked to: Lord Kelvin
knownFor early ice age theory ⓘ
theory of climate change driven by orbital variations ⓘ
work on glaciation and climate ⓘ
language English ⓘ
memberOf Royal Society of London ⓘ
linked to: Royal Society
name James Croll ⓘ
notableWork Climate and Time in Their Geological Relations ⓘ
occupation geologist ⓘ
janitor ⓘ
scientific writer ⓘ
positionHeld janitor at Andersonian University, Glasgow ⓘ
secretary to the Scottish Geological Survey ⓘ
publicationDateOfNotableWork 1875 ⓘ
residence Edinburgh, Scotland ⓘ
linked to: Edinburgh

Glasgow, Scotland ⓘ
linked to: Glasgow

Perthshire, Scotland ⓘ
linked to: Perthshire
theory changes in Earth’s orbit and axial tilt drive long-term climate cycles ⓘ
wroteAbout distribution of land and sea and its effect on climate ⓘ
geological time and climate ⓘ

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Milutin Milanković → influencedBy → James Croll ⓘ
James Croll → name → James Croll ⓘ