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About Roderick Murchison, 1st Baronet
Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, 1st Baronet was a Scottish geologist who served as director-general of the British Geological Survey from 1855 until his death in 1871. He is noted for investigating and describing the Silurian, Devonian and Permian systems.
Everything about Roderick Murchison, 1st Baronet →- Occupation
- botanist, paleontologist, geologist, military personnel
- Position held
- President of the Geological Society of London, President of the Geological Society of London, President of the British Science Association, President of the Royal Geographical Society
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- February 19, 1792
- Died
- October 22, 1871