Roderick Impey Murchison
Geologist and army officer . Served in the British army, 1807–14. Noted for his work on the Silurian system. President of the Geological Society of London, 1831–3 and 1841–3; president of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1846; president of the Royal Geographical Society of London, 1843–58. Director-general of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, 1855. Knighted, 1846; created baronet, 1866. FRS 1826.
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See also Correspondence, volume(s): 11,12