Historical information
An account of the life of Roderick Impey Murchison whom Murchison Street in Marysville in Victoria is named for.
Significance
An account of the life of Roderick Impey Murchison whom Murchison Street in Marysville in Victoria is named for.
Roderick Murchison was one of the most distinguished geologists of the 19th century. His liberality and social position plus the pride he took in his science were of immense value in furthering the cause of learning in Britain.
Keywords
- roderick impey murchison,
- murchison street,
- marysville,
- victoria,
- durham school,
- royal military college great marlow,
- peninsular war,
- charlotte hugonin,
- scotland,
- muir of ord,
- tarradale house,
- ross and cromarty,
- lower palaeozoic,
- old red sandstone,
- south wales,
- welsh borderland,
- the silurian system,
- graywacke rocks,
- adam sedgwick,
- permian,
- the geology of russia in europe and the ural mountains,
- siluria,
- cambrian system,
- silurian system,
- geological survey of great britain,
- geological society,
- the geographical society,
- british association for the advancement of science,
- wollaston medal,
- geology,
- geologist
