James Croll

James Croll
Born(1821-01-02)2 January 1821
Little Whitefield, Perthshire, Scotland
Died15 December 1890(1890-12-15) (aged 69)
Perth, Scotland
NationalityScottish
OccupationScientist
Spouse
Isabella Macdonald
(m. 1848⁠–⁠1890)

James Croll, FRS, (2 January 1821 – 15 December 1890) was a 19th-century Scottish scientist who developed a theory of climate variability based on changes in the Earth's orbit.