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catastrophism

Theory that the geological features of the Earth were formed by a series of sudden, violent ‘catastrophes’ beyond the ordinary workings of nature. The theory was largely the work of Georges Cuvier. It was later replaced by the concepts of uniformitarianism and evolution.
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But though Kidd knew a great deal about Sir Claude--a great deal more, in fact, than there was to know-- it would never have crossed his wildest dreams to connect so showy an aristocrat with the newly-unearthed founder of Catastrophism, or to guess that Sir Claude Champion and John Boulnois could be intimate friends.
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