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British geologist (1792–1871)
Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, 1st Baronet (19 February 1792 – 22 October 1871) was a Scottish geologist who served as director-general of the British Geological
Roderick_Murchison
British geologist (1788–1869)
England. She was married to the nineteenth-century geologist Roderick Impey Murchison. Several times during her life, the couple travelled throughout
Charlotte_Murchison
Waterfall on the Victoria Nile in Western Region, Uganda
named them after Roderick Murchison, the President of the Royal Geographical Society. The falls lend their name to the surrounding Murchison Falls National
Murchison_Falls
British learned society
founding members of the society were Sir John Barrow (geographer), Sir Roderick Murchison (geologist), Robert Brown (botanist), Lord Broughton (politician)
Royal_Geographical_Society
British colonial administrator in Southeast Asia (1794–1854)
Governor of the Straits Settlements. Murchison was born in Scotland in 1794. His elder brother was geologist Roderick Murchison. The family moved from Ross-shire
Kenneth_Murchison
Name list
Portuguese footballer Roderick Murchison (1792–1871), Scottish geologist who first described and investigated the Silurian system Roderick R. Allen (1894–1970)
Roderick
Town in Tasman, New Zealand
approximately halfway between Westport and Nelson. Murchison was named after the Scottish geologist Roderick Murchison, one of the founders of the Royal Geographical
Murchison,_New_Zealand
National park in Western Region, Uganda
Florence Baker in 1863–4. Baker named the falls Murchison Falls after the geologist Roderick Murchison, then the president of the Royal Geographical Society
Murchison_Falls_National_Park
Sixth and last period of the Paleozoic Era
The concept of the Permian was introduced in 1841 by geologist Sir Roderick Murchison, who named it after the region of Perm in Russia. The Permian witnessed
Permian
British geologist (1785–1873)
proposed the Cambrian period in 1835, in a joint publication in which Roderick Murchison also proposed the Silurian period. Later in 1840, to resolve what
Adam_Sedgwick
"recognizing the first rich assemblage of fossils in the rock record". Roderick Murchison names the Silurian system in the same year. He believes that (not
1835_in_paleontology
Northernmost point of mainland North America
of the mainland, after Royal Geographical Society president Roderick Murchison. Murchison was a prominent supporter of Jane Franklin in her efforts towards
Murchison_Promontory
Award from the Geological Society of London
The Murchison Medal is an academic award established by Roderick Murchison, who died in 1871. First awarded in 1873, it is normally given to people who
Murchison_Medal
Russian noblewoman
with many scholars of the period including Alexander Humboldt, and Roderick Murchison. Helene was the daughter of Prince Paul Vassilyevich Dolgorukov (1755–1837)
Helene_Dolgoruki
2020 film by Francis Lee
wash and polish a collection of eight animal figurines. One day, Roderick Murchison, an archaeologist, visits Mary's shop with his wife, Charlotte. He
Ammonite_(film)
Period of major evolutionary diversification of animal life
Cambrian. Nineteenth-century geologists such as Adam Sedgwick and Roderick Murchison used the fossils for dating rock strata, specifically for establishing
Cambrian_explosion
English actor (born 1943)
Greenough Roderick Murchison Charles Abbot William J. Hamilton William Smyth Roderick Murchison Francis Egerton Frederick Beechey Roderick Murchison Bingham
Michael_Palin
River in Western Australia
Sir Roderick Murchison. Murchison's advocacy had been essential in securing official support for Grey's Western Australian expeditions. Murchison House
Murchison River (Western Australia)
Murchison_River_(Western_Australia)
Manx administrator
Greenough Roderick Murchison Charles Abbot William J. Hamilton William Smyth Roderick Murchison Francis Egerton Frederick Beechey Roderick Murchison Bingham
George_Taubman_Goldie
British geographer, explorer, broadcaster and author
Greenough Roderick Murchison Charles Abbot William J. Hamilton William Smyth Roderick Murchison Francis Egerton Frederick Beechey Roderick Murchison Bingham
Nicholas_Crane
British nobleman (1845–1914)
Greenough Roderick Murchison Charles Abbot William J. Hamilton William Smyth Roderick Murchison Francis Egerton Frederick Beechey Roderick Murchison Bingham
John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll
John_Campbell,_9th_Duke_of_Argyll
Scottish aristocrat, horticulturalist, palaeontologist (1795-1842)
geologists of the time including Louis Agassiz, William Buckland and Roderick Murchison. Lady Gordon-Cumming was born Eliza Maria Campbell in 1795 in Inveraray
Eliza_Maria_Gordon-Cumming
Jacobite, Scottish-born military commander (c.1687–1727)
his descendents, the geologist Sir Roderick Impey Murchison. Another descendent, Kenneth Murchison Massie Cox Murchison, arranged for the monument to be
Donald_Murchison
Middle subdivision of the British Ordovician rocks
British Ordovician rocks. It was first described and named by Sir Roderick Murchison from the neighborhood of Llandeilo in Carmarthenshire. In the type
Llandeilo_Group
Third period of the Paleozoic Era
The Silurian system was first identified by the Scottish geologist Roderick Murchison, who was examining fossil-bearing sedimentary rock strata in south
Silurian
British Army officer (1910–1998)
Greenough Roderick Murchison Charles Abbot William J. Hamilton William Smyth Roderick Murchison Francis Egerton Frederick Beechey Roderick Murchison Bingham
John_Hunt,_Baron_Hunt
British explorer, officer and naturalist (1821–1893)
Egypt. Other friendships were with explorers Henry Morton Stanley, Roderick Murchison, John H. Speke and James A. Grant, with the ruler of Egypt Pasha Ismail
Samuel_Baker
British Army officer, explorer, and spiritual writer (1863–1942)
London. Facsimile reprint: (2005) Elbiron Classics. James, Sir Henry Evan Murchison (1888), The Long White Mountain, or, A journey in Manchuria: with some
Francis_Younghusband
Extinct genus of therapsids
voracious" nature, while the specific name honours the Scottish geologist Roderick Murchison. Despite its name, Dinosaurus is not a dinosaur; like Dimetrodon,
Dinosaurus
English geographer, linguist, and civil servant (1764–1848)
Greenough Roderick Murchison Charles Abbot William J. Hamilton William Smyth Roderick Murchison Francis Egerton Frederick Beechey Roderick Murchison Bingham
Sir_John_Barrow,_1st_Baronet
British army officer, politician and Orientalist (1810–1895)
Greenough Roderick Murchison Charles Abbot William J. Hamilton William Smyth Roderick Murchison Francis Egerton Frederick Beechey Roderick Murchison Bingham
Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet
Sir_Henry_Rawlinson,_1st_Baronet
British geographer and politician (1911–1994)
Greenough Roderick Murchison Charles Abbot William J. Hamilton William Smyth Roderick Murchison Francis Egerton Frederick Beechey Roderick Murchison Bingham
Edward Shackleton, Baron Shackleton
Edward_Shackleton,_Baron_Shackleton
Place in Limpopo, South Africa
Sir Roderick Murchison, a geologist and former President of the Royal Geographical Society (RGS), who prospected in the area. "Main Place Murchison". Census
Murchison,_Limpopo
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1827 to 1828
Greenough Roderick Murchison Charles Abbot William J. Hamilton William Smyth Roderick Murchison Francis Egerton Frederick Beechey Roderick Murchison Bingham
F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich
F._J._Robinson,_1st_Viscount_Goderich
Sound in the Avannaata municipality, NW Greenland
municipality, NW Greenland. It was named after Scottish geologist Roderick Murchison (1792 – 1871). It is a broad channel that runs roughly from northwest
Murchison_Sound
Learned society
These include pioneers of geology William Buckland, Adam Sedgwick, Roderick Impey Murchison, Charles Lyell, Henry Thomas De la Beche, Thomas Henry Huxley,
Geological_Society_of_London
English palaeontologist (1784–1856)
and encouraging Roderick Murchison for some years, and in 1831 was able to suggest a good starting point in South Wales for Murchison's researches into
William_Buckland
1863 novel by Charles Kingsley
what nature is, or what she can do; and nobody knows; not even Sir Roderick Murchison, or Professor Owen, or Professor Sedgwick, or Professor Huxley, or
The_Water-Babies
Second period of the Paleozoic Era
1879 to resolve a dispute between followers of Adam Sedgwick and Roderick Murchison, who were placing the same rock beds in North Wales in the Cambrian
Ordovician
British Army officer (1869–1950)
Greenough Roderick Murchison Charles Abbot William J. Hamilton William Smyth Roderick Murchison Francis Egerton Frederick Beechey Roderick Murchison Bingham
Philip Chetwode, 1st Baron Chetwode
Philip_Chetwode,_1st_Baron_Chetwode
British Indian Army general (1864–1937)
Greenough Roderick Murchison Charles Abbot William J. Hamilton William Smyth Roderick Murchison Francis Egerton Frederick Beechey Roderick Murchison Bingham
Percy_Cox
Scottish geologist and writer
(1858). His ability at once attracted the notice of his chief, Sir Roderick Murchison, with whom he formed a lifelong friendship, and whose biographer he
Archibald_Geikie
Crater on the Moon
Murchison is a lunar impact crater on the north edge of the Sinus Medii. It was named in honour of the geologist Sir Roderick Murchison. It shares a section
Murchison_(crater)
Geological dating dispute of plants
The Great Devonian Controversy began in 1834 when Roderick Murchison disagreed with Henry De la Beche as to the dating of certain petrified plants found
Great_Devonian_Controversy
Glacier in the Southern Alps, New Zealand
The Murchison River, which takes its meltwater, flows under the larger Tasman Glacier to the south. The Murchison Glacier is named after Roderick Murchison
Murchison_Glacier
Scottish actor (born 1989)
2018 Mary Queen of Scots James Stewart, Earl of Moray 2020 Ammonite Roderick Murchison 2024 Four Mothers Edward TBA The Custom of the Country † Filming
James_McArdle
Son of Charles Darwin (1850–1943)
Greenough Roderick Murchison Charles Abbot William J. Hamilton William Smyth Roderick Murchison Francis Egerton Frederick Beechey Roderick Murchison Bingham
Leonard_Darwin
Human settlement in Scotland
sits 35 metres (115 ft) above sea level. The Scottish geologist Sir Roderick Murchison was born in the village in 1792. Named Tarradale until 1862, historically
Muir_of_Ord
Mountain in George V Land, Antarctica
named it for Roderick Murchison of Melbourne, a patron of the expedition. This article incorporates public domain material from "Murchison, Mount". Geographic
Mount Murchison (George V Coast)
Mount_Murchison_(George_V_Coast)
British army officer, politician and businessman (1918–2007)
Greenough Roderick Murchison Charles Abbot William J. Hamilton William Smyth Roderick Murchison Francis Egerton Frederick Beechey Roderick Murchison Bingham
George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe
George_Jellicoe,_2nd_Earl_Jellicoe
Sandstone with angular grains in a clay-fine matrix
(Kindle ed.). Crown. p. 80. Retrieved July 24, 2022. In 1839, when Roderick Murchison published The Silurian System, a plump and ponderous study of a type
Greywacke
British businessman (born 1959)
Greenough Roderick Murchison Charles Abbot William J. Hamilton William Smyth Roderick Murchison Francis Egerton Frederick Beechey Roderick Murchison Bingham
Nigel_Clifford
Mountain in Canterbury Region, New Zealand
Northeast. Mount Murchison is named after Roderick Murchison, one of the founders of the Royal Geographical Society. Linz Topo50 map Mount Murchison at ClimbNZ
Mount_Murchison_(Canterbury)
English fossil collector and palaeontologist (1799–1847)
geologist, Roderick Murchison, did some of his first fieldwork in southwest England, including Lyme, accompanied by his wife, Charlotte. Murchison wrote that
Mary_Anning
Viceroy of India from 1899 to 1905
Greenough Roderick Murchison Charles Abbot William J. Hamilton William Smyth Roderick Murchison Francis Egerton Frederick Beechey Roderick Murchison Bingham
George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
George_Curzon,_1st_Marquess_Curzon_of_Kedleston
Scottish geologist (1797–1875)
(1827): 437-83. Roderick Impey Murchison on Excavation of Valleys,’ Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, 1829. Roderick Impey Murchison on Lacustrine Deposits
Charles_Lyell
Prehistoric shallow inland sea in Eurasia
description of the Paratethys was anticipated much earlier by Sir Roderick Murchison in chapter 13 of his 1845 book. One of the key characteristics of
Paratethys
British diplomatic representative
Greenough Roderick Murchison Charles Abbot William J. Hamilton William Smyth Roderick Murchison Francis Egerton Frederick Beechey Roderick Murchison Bingham
Rutherford_Alcock
English geologist and palaeontologist (1796–1855)
(1851; 2nd ed., 1853). De la Beche was the principal antagonist of Roderick Murchison and Adam Sedgwick in what has been labelled The Great Devonian Controversy
Henry_De_la_Beche
English explorer and army officer (1827–1864)
their RGS instructions but Speke had felt they had not. All this led Roderick Murchison, president of the Royal Geographical Society, to start disliking Speke
John_Hanning_Speke
Nature reserve in England
The site was originally studied by the Scottish paleontologist Sir Roderick Murchison, whose work in defining the Silurian System was mainly based on fossils
Wren's_Nest
Fourth period of the Paleozoic Era
was a lengthy debate between Roderick Murchison, Adam Sedgwick and Henry De la Beche over the naming of the period. Murchison and Sedgwick won the debate
Devonian
'Voyage of the Beagle'.) Lyell is buried in Westminster Abbey. Sir Roderick Murchison (1792–1871) was born in Ross and Cromarty and served under Wellesley
Geology_of_Scotland
Extinct genus of trilobites
classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Clade: †Artiopoda Class: †Trilobita Order: †Asaphida Family: †Trinucleidae Genus: †Trinucleus Murchison, 1839
Trinucleus
First geological period of the Paleozoic Era
boundary between the Cambrian and the overlying Silurian, together with Roderick Murchison, in their joint paper "On the Silurian and Cambrian Systems, Exhibiting
Cambrian
Mountain range in Eurasia
and zoologist Leonid Sabaneyev), the United Kingdom (geologist Sir Roderick Murchison), France (paleontologist Édouard de Verneuil), and Germany (naturalist
Ural_Mountains
British Conservative politician
Greenough Roderick Murchison Charles Abbot William J. Hamilton William Smyth Roderick Murchison Francis Egerton Frederick Beechey Roderick Murchison Bingham
Lawrence Dundas, 2nd Marquess of Zetland
Lawrence_Dundas,_2nd_Marquess_of_Zetland
British colonial Welsh administrator (1815–1884)
Greenough Roderick Murchison Charles Abbot William J. Hamilton William Smyth Roderick Murchison Francis Egerton Frederick Beechey Roderick Murchison Bingham
Henry_Bartle_Frere
Scottish-born Cape Colony explorer, geologist, and engineer
which was published by the Geological Society of London in 1856. Sir Roderick Murchison and Sir Henry de la Beche, prominent geologists of the time, both
Andrew_Geddes_Bain
Mass movement of Australians seeking gold (1851–1910s)
had been inspired to look for gold near Bathurst by the ideas of Roderick Murchison, president of the Royal Geographical Society, who in 1844 in his first
Australian_gold_rushes
English biologist (1825–1895)
Fitton Adam Sedgwick Roderick Murchison George Bellas Greenough Charles Lyell William Whewell William Buckland Roderick Murchison Henry Warburton Leonard
Thomas_Henry_Huxley
British politician (born 1942)
Greenough Roderick Murchison Charles Abbot William J. Hamilton William Smyth Roderick Murchison Francis Egerton Frederick Beechey Roderick Murchison Bingham
Lynda_Chalker
British physician, colonial administrator, diplomat and writer (1783–1868)
Buckland, giving details; and they brought Crawfurd the friendship of Roderick Murchison, Foreign Secretary of the Geological Society. There were also collected
John_Crawfurd
Prehistoric ocean between Gondwana and Laurasia
of rapid dissolution of carbonate. In Chapter 13 of his 1845 book, Roderick Murchison described a distinctive formation extending from the Black Sea to
Tethys_Ocean
British geographer
Greenough Roderick Murchison Charles Abbot William J. Hamilton William Smyth Roderick Murchison Francis Egerton Frederick Beechey Roderick Murchison Bingham
Ron_Cooke
County of England
Torquay and Plymouth. This geological period was named after Devon by Roderick Murchison and Adam Sedgwick in the 1840s and is the only British county whose
Devon
British paleontologist (1946–2025)
ISBN 978-0-00-832396-7) He also penned humorous titles under two pseudonyms: The Roderick Masters Book of Money-Making Schemes, or How to Become Enormously Wealthy
Richard_Fortey
British geographer (1830–1916)
Greenough Roderick Murchison Charles Abbot William J. Hamilton William Smyth Roderick Murchison Francis Egerton Frederick Beechey Roderick Murchison Bingham
Clements_Markham
Topics referred to by the same term
Murchison may refer to: Lake Murchison, Tasmania, Australia Mount Murchison (Tasmania), Australia Murchison bioregion, a bioregion in Western Australia
Murchison
British geologist (1780–1861)
groundbreaking books of William Smith (geologist), Charles Lyell, and Roderick Murchison; he also wrote Notes on the Progress of Geology in England for the
William_Henry_Fitton
British geologist and MP
Greenough Roderick Murchison Charles Abbot William J. Hamilton William Smyth Roderick Murchison Francis Egerton Frederick Beechey Roderick Murchison Bingham
William_Hamilton_(geologist)
Town and civil parish in Shropshire, England
geologist, met Roderick Murchison at Ludford Corner to study the rocks exposed along the River Teme and on Whitcliffe, advancing Murchison's theory for a
Ludlow
Historical region in Russia
(as the 'Permian' period) by the nineteenth century geologist Sir Roderick Murchison to refer to rocks of a certain age, following extensive studies which
Great_Perm
Social clubs in 18th-20th century London
Count de Vogue, the Dean of Westminster, the Dean of Canterbury, Sir Roderick Murchison, Mr. Gifford Palgrave, Professor Owen, the Rev. H. B. Tristram, and
Almack's
British geologist
Fitton Adam Sedgwick Roderick Murchison George Bellas Greenough Charles Lyell William Whewell William Buckland Roderick Murchison Henry Warburton Leonard
John_Edward_Marr
Celtic tribe of ancient Britain
South Wales. The geological period Silurian was first described by Roderick Murchison in rocks located in the original lands of the Silures, hence the name
Silures
English mathematician, philosopher, and engineer (1791–1871)
human development (and shared this view with Herschel). A clash with Roderick Murchison led in 1838 to his withdrawal from further involvement. At the end
Charles_Babbage
Award from the Geological Society of London
hard rock. It received the name in recognition of Prof. Roderick Impey Murchison. Source: Murchison Fund, The Geological Society 2025 Francesca Willcocks
The_Murchison_Fund
Extinct genus of fishes
potentially North America. The genus was established by Adam Sedgwick & Roderick Murchison in the year 1828. It was one of the first lungfish to be described
Dipterus
British geologist
Fitton Adam Sedgwick Roderick Murchison George Bellas Greenough Charles Lyell William Whewell William Buckland Roderick Murchison Henry Warburton Leonard
Richard_Dixon_Oldham
British politician, writer, and traveller (1800–1857)
Greenough Roderick Murchison Charles Abbot William J. Hamilton William Smyth Roderick Murchison Francis Egerton Frederick Beechey Roderick Murchison Bingham
Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere
Francis_Egerton,_1st_Earl_of_Ellesmere
Scottish geologist
British Association at Glasgow in 1840, and attracted the notice of Roderick Murchison, with the result that he received, from Sir Henry De la Beche, an
Andrew_Ramsay_(geologist)
British colonialist and missionary
Zambezi, was not enough to make him resign from the LMS at once. When Roderick Murchison, president of the Royal Geographical Society, put him in touch with
David_Livingstone
Philosophical concept
Press. ISBN 9780874747850. Secord, J. A. (1982). "King of Siluria: Roderick Murchison and the Imperial Theme in Nineteenth-Century British Geology". Victorian
Scientific_imperialism
British polar explorer (1908–1999)
Greenough Roderick Murchison Charles Abbot William J. Hamilton William Smyth Roderick Murchison Francis Egerton Frederick Beechey Roderick Murchison Bingham
Vivian_Fuchs
English classical economist (1774–1852)
Fitton Adam Sedgwick Roderick Murchison George Bellas Greenough Charles Lyell William Whewell William Buckland Roderick Murchison Henry Warburton Leonard
William_Blake_(economist)
London dining club founded in 1764 by Joshua Reynolds, Samuel Johnson, and Edmund Burke
Archibald Campbell Tait (9 April 1861) Henry Reeve (9 April 1861) Roderick Murchison (18 June 1861) Edmund Walker Head (25 February 1862) Robert Lowe,
The_Club_(dining_club)
British geographer
Greenough Roderick Murchison Charles Abbot William J. Hamilton William Smyth Roderick Murchison Francis Egerton Frederick Beechey Roderick Murchison Bingham
Thomas_Holdich
British geologist and anthropologist
Fitton Adam Sedgwick Roderick Murchison George Bellas Greenough Charles Lyell William Whewell William Buckland Roderick Murchison Henry Warburton Leonard
William_Johnson_Sollas
Manx naturalist (1815–1854)
Fitton Adam Sedgwick Roderick Murchison George Bellas Greenough Charles Lyell William Whewell William Buckland Roderick Murchison Henry Warburton Leonard
Edward_Forbes
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