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Roderick Murchison

Sir Roderick Murchison

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 Survey from 1855 until his death in 1871. He is noted for investigating and describing the Silurian, Devonian and Permian systems. Provided by Wikipedia

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Explorers and Expeditions, Proposals and Requests

by Murchison, Roderick Impey, Sir, 1792-1871
Published 1865

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On the occurrence of numerous fragments of fir-wood in the islands of the arctic archipelago [electronic resource] : with remarks on the rock-specimens brought from that region /

by Murchison, Roderick Impey, Sir, 1792-1871.
Published 1855

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Letter from Isaac J. Hayes, Esq., to the President, on the Arctic Expedition under the Late Dr. E. K. Kane, &c

by Murchison, Roderick Impey, Hayes, Isaac J.
Published in Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London (1858)

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