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Why did Charles Lyell resign his professorship at King's College London?
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Charles Lyell
Charles Lyell, detail of a replica in oil by Lowes Cato Dickinson, 1883; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Charles Lyell resigned his professorship at King's College, London, because he found the position to be too time-consuming. He held the post for two years, delivering lectures in 1832 and 1833, before stepping down to focus on his other professional pursuits and geological research.1