Sir Roderick Impey Murchison
1792-1871
Scottish geologist who first described rocks of the Silurian system in England and conducted geologic mapping of Russia. One of the most distinguished geologists...
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Murchison, Roderick (1792-1871)
Scottish geologist
Roderick Murchison was an amateur geologist of the Victorian age in Britain. Murchison's paramount achievement is his naming of the periods of...
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The Scottish geologist Sir Roderick Impey Murchison (1792-1871) established the Silurian as a new geological system and cofounded the Devonian system.Roderick Murchison, descended from an old Highland...
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Sir Roderick Impey Murchison
Murchison, Roderick (1792-1871)
Roderick Impey Murchison, Sir