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Murchison; Sir; Roderick Impey (1792 - 1871)
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| Surname |
Murchison
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| Forenames |
Roderick Impey
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| PreTitle |
Sir
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| DatesofExistence |
1792 - 1871
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| Nationality |
British
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| DatesAndPlaces |
Birth:
Tarradale, East Ross, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland (19 February 1792)
Death:
London (22 October 1871)
Burial:
Brompton cemetery
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| Address |
Bryanston Place, London (1825)
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| Activity |
Research Field:
Geology
Education:
Durham School (1799-1805); Military College, Marlow (1805)
Career:
Ensign, 36th Regiment (1807); served at Vimiero (1808) and at Corunna (1809), then in Sicily and Ireland; Captain, 6th Dragoons; retired (1815) and devoted himself to science; undertook geological work in Britain and Russia (1841-1845); President, British Association (1846); Director-General, Geological Survey (1853); Order of St Anne (Russia) and Order of Stanislaus (1845)
Honours:
Kt 1846; KCB 1863; Bt 1866
Memberships:
FGS (1825, President 1831, 1862-1871); FRGS (President 1843 for 15 years); Athenaeum (Founder member)
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| RSActivity |
Membership:
Fellow
Election Date:
6/04/1826
Medals/Prizes:
Copley Medal 1849
Council:
VP 1835-1836, 1843-1845, 1849-1851, 1858-1860
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| Relationships |
Son of Kenneth Murchison of Tarradale, East Ross
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| Source |
Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1871-1872 vol 20 pp xxx-xxxiii
References:
Joel Mandelstam, 'Du Chaillu's Stuffed Gorillas and the Savants from the British Museum' in NR 1994 vol 48 pp 227-245, plate
Jack Morrell, review of Robert A Stafford, Scientist of Empire: Sir Roderick Murchison, Scientific Exploration and Victorian Imperialism in NR 1992 vol 46 pp 191-193
Beryl M Hamilton, '"A Geological Blunder", 1893: A Scientific Storm in a Journalistic Teacup' in NR 1991 vol 45 pp 63-77
Vanity Fair 26 November 1870
Notes:
One signature in election certificate deliberately obscured
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NA8081
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Description of a self-registering Thermometer and Barometer unveiled by the late James Coggan esq and bequeathed by him to the Royal Society |
1838 |
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| AP/37/10 |
On a supposed Aerolite or Meteorite found in the trunk of an old Willow Tree in Battersea Fields |
June 1855 |
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| DM/1/11 |
Letter from RI Murchison, 3 Bryanston Place, to James Hudson, Assistant Secretary, Royal Society |
March 1831 |
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| EC/1825/32 |
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| IM/003221 |
Murchison, Sir Roderick Impey |
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| MM/16/126 |
Letter from RI Murchison, Belgrave Square, to Sir John Herschel |
11 February 1850 |
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| MM/16/127 |
Letter from RI Murchison, Belgrave Square, to Sir John Herschel |
1 March 1850 |
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| MM/16/128 |
Letter from RI Murchison, Belgrave Square, to Sir John Herschel |
2 March 1850 |
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| MM/16/129 |
Letter from RI Murchison, Belgrave Square, to Sir John Herschel |
16 March 1850 |
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| MM/17/41 |
Letter from RI Murchison to the Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg |
22 March 1847 |
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| MS/682/24 |
Letter from Roderick Impey Murchison, Stockport, to James De Carle Sowerby, 5 Camden Terrace West, Camden Town |
20 July 1835 |
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| MS/682/25 |
Letter from Roderick Impey Murchison, Newsted House, to James De Carle Sowerby, 5 Camden Terrace West, Camden Town |
24 June 1836 |
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| MS/682/26 |
Letter from Roderick Impey Murchison, Bryanter Place, to James De Carle Sowerby, 5 Camden Terrace West, Camden Town |
24 July 1837 |
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| MS/682/27 |
Letter from Roderick Impey Murchison, Ludlow, to James De Carle Sowerby, 5 Camden Terrace West, Camden Town, London |
29 August 1837 |
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| MS/843/23 |
Letter from Roderick Impey Murchison, 16 Belgrave Square, to Edward Sabine |
October 1867 |
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| VF/27 |
"A faithful Friend, an eminent Savant, and the best possible of Presidents." |
26 November 1870 |
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