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Biografia. Obras. Referências. Ligações externas. Roderick Murchison. Sir Roderick Impey Murchison ( Tarradale, 19 de fevereiro de 1792 — Londres, 22 de outubro de 1871) foi um geólogo escocês . Foi o primeiro a descrever e investigar a era siluriana . Biografia. Nasceu em Ross and Cromarty, Escócia, filho de Kenneth Murchison (falecido em 1796).
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.
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28 de mar. de 2024 · Sir Roderick Impey Murchison (born Feb. 19, 1792, Tarradale, Ross-shire, Scot.—died Oct. 22, 1871, London, Eng.) was a geologist who first established the geologic sequence of Early Paleozoic strata (the Paleozoic Era began 542 million years ago and ended about 251 million years ago).
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PUBLICIDADE. Geólogo britânico nascido em Tarradale, Ross-shire, Escócia, famoso por suas pesquisas arqueológicas através do estudo da estratificação das rochas da primeira Era Paleozóica (540-408 milhões). De família rica e inicialmente um militar, aderiu ao estudo da geologia e conduziu estudos de campo no Pais de Gales, na Alemanha e na Rússia.
Sir Roderick Murchison (1792 – 1871) Patron of the Edinburgh Geological Society 1863 – 1871. Roderick Impey Murchison, the “King of Siluria”, was born at Tarradale House, Muir of Ord into a wealthy family and educated at Durham School and the Royal Military College. After army service in the Peninsular War, retiring as Captain, he ...
13 de nov. de 2020 · It’s 1840s England when Roderick (James McArdle) and Charlotte Murchison ( Saoirse Ronan) travel to Mary’s coastal town of Lyme Regis in the aftermath of a horrific personal tragedy. It’s there...
Though their interpretation of the formation of the rocks was wrong, they contributed greatly to the famous Highlands Controversy (Murchison vs James Nicol). He became Director-General of the Geological Survey in 1855 and established the first Professor of Geology at Edinburgh University.
