Roderick Murchison

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Roderick_Murchison

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gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater	gptkb:Royal_Military_College,_Great_Marlow
gptkbp:awardReceived	gptkb:Royal_Medal gptkb:Wollaston_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate	1792-02-19
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:Tarradale,_Scotland
gptkbp:deathDate	1871-10-22
gptkbp:deathPlace	gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:eponymOf	gptkb:Murchison_Falls gptkb:Murchison_River gptkb:Murchison_crater gptkb:Murchison_Medal
gptkbp:fieldOfWork	geology paleontology
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:Charles_Lyell gptkb:Adam_Sedgwick
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:Charles_Lyell gptkb:James_Hutton
gptkbp:knownFor	defining the Silurian period work on the Devonian and Permian systems
gptkbp:memberOf	gptkb:Geological_Society_of_London gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:militaryService	gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:nationality	British
gptkbp:notableWork	gptkb:Silurian_System gptkb:The_Geology_of_Russia_in_Europe_and_the_Ural_Mountains
gptkbp:occupation	gptkb:geologist
gptkbp:restingPlace	gptkb:Brompton_Cemetery,_London
gptkbp:signature	Roderick Murchison signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Charlotte_Hugonin
gptkbp:title	gptkb:Baronet
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Director-General_of_the_Geological_Survey_of_the_United_Kingdom gptkb:Geological_Society_of_London gptkb:Life_of_Sir_Roderick_Murchison gptkb:President_of_the_Geological_Society_of_London gptkb:The_Geological_Society_of_London gptkb:Wollaston_Medal
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Roderick Murchison