Father of Geology

I found an article on the discovery of Geology. Most scientists have assumed that the study of Geology (Earth , its history, and all living things on it) began at the most, 300 years ago. Now with a deeper look into how far back geologic studies go, a few scientists believe that a well known Polish astronomer

named Copernicus "set the stage" for geologic discoveries. One of his main epiphanies that he had about 500 years ago was about Earth's place in the

Universe. Instead of the popular belief that Earth was the center of the Universe, Copernicus realized that not only is that false, but Earth is a planet among many other in our Universe. This was just the beginning of many geologic discoveries to come in the future, and Copernicus, "The Father of Geology" is to thank for this.

http://news.discovery.com/earth/geology-copernicus-earth-science.html