Roderick Murchison
Scottish geologist
Died when: 79 years 242 days (956 months)Star Sign: Pisces
Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, 1st Baronet, KCB, DCL, FRS, HonFRSE, FLS, MRIA (19 February 1792 – 22 October 1871) 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.
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