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Roderick Murchison

Geologist

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Earth and Environment Atlas. "Roderick Murchison." Accessed September 1, 2026. https://dev-earth.interactiveatlas.org/scientists/roderick-murchison.

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Earth and Environment Atlas. (n.d.). Roderick Murchison. Retrieved September 1, 2026, from https://dev-earth.interactiveatlas.org/scientists/roderick-murchison

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@misc{earthandenvironmentatlas-roderick-murchison,
  author = {Earth and Environment Atlas},
  title = {Roderick Murchison},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-earth.interactiveatlas.org/scientists/roderick-murchison},
  note = {Accessed September 1, 2026}
}

Scottish geologist who served as director-general of the British Geological Survey from 1855 until his death in 1871, noted for investigating and describing the Silurian, Devonian and Permian systems.

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Birth Date

1792-02-19 1

Birth Year

1792 1

Death Date

1871-10-22 1

Death Year

1871 1

Nationality

Scottish 1

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was a Scottish geologist who served as director-general of the British Geological Survey from 1855 until his death in 1871

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