Roderick Murchison

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Scottish person geologist human

Roderick Murchison was a prominent 19th-century Scottish geologist best known for his work on the Silurian system and for helping establish modern stratigraphy.

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Label Occurrences
Roderick Murchison canonical 7
Roderick Impey Murchison 1
Sir Roderick Murchison 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Scottish person ⓘ
geologist ⓘ
human ⓘ
awardReceived Copley Medal ⓘ
Wollaston Medal ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1792-02-19 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1871-10-22 ⓘ
educatedAt Royal Military College, Great Marlow ⓘ
ethnicGroup Scottish ⓘ
familyName Murchison ⓘ
fieldOfWork geology ⓘ
paleontology ⓘ
stratigraphy ⓘ
givenName Roderick ⓘ
hasHonorificTitle Baronet ⓘ
Sir ⓘ
hasPart Murchison Falls ⓘ
surface form: Murchison Falls (namesake)
influenced Adam Sedgwick ⓘ
Charles Lapworth ⓘ
influencedBy William Smith (scholar) ⓘ
surface form: William Smith
knownFor defining the Silurian period ⓘ
establishing modern stratigraphy ⓘ
geological mapping in Europe ⓘ
work on the Silurian system ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Geological Society of London ⓘ
Royal Society ⓘ
militaryRank officer ⓘ
namesakeOf Murchison Falls ⓘ
Murchison Medal ⓘ
Murchison River ⓘ
Murchison crater (Moon) ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
notableWork Silurian ⓘ
surface form: Silurian System

The Silurian System, Founded on Geological Researches in the Counties of Salop, Hereford, Radnor, Montgomery, Caermarthen, Brecon, Pembroke, Monmouth, Gloucester, Worcester, and Stafford ⓘ
participantIn Peninsular War ⓘ
placeOfBirth Ross-shire ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Tarradale ⓘ
placeOfDeath England ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

United Kingdom ⓘ
positionHeld Director-General of the Geological Survey of Great Britain ⓘ
President of the Geological Society of London ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Charlotte Hugonin ⓘ
title 1st Baronet ⓘ
workLocation London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

Russia ⓘ
Wales ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wollaston Medal → notableRecipient → Roderick Murchison ⓘ
Murchison Medal → namedAfter → Roderick Murchison ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roderick Impey Murchison
Silurian → namedBy → Roderick Murchison ⓘ
Devonian Period → namedBy → Roderick Murchison ⓘ
Permian Period → namedBy → Roderick Murchison ⓘ
Adam Sedgwick → notableStudent → Roderick Murchison ⓘ
Murchison Falls → namedAfter → Roderick Murchison ⓘ
RGS → formerPresident → Roderick Murchison ⓘ
subject surface form: Royal Geographical Society
this entity surface form: Sir Roderick Murchison
Ordovician region of Wales → associatedWithScientist → Roderick Murchison ⓘ