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Life of Sir Roderick I. Murchison - Based on his Journals and Letters (Paperback)
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Life of Sir Roderick I. Murchison - Based on his Journals and Letters (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Earth Science, Volume 2
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Sir Roderick Impey Murchison (1792-1871) was an influential
Scottish geologist best known for his classification of Palaeozoic
rocks into the Silurian system. After early military experience in
the Peninsular War, he resigned his commission; a chance meeting
with Sir Humphrey Davy led him subsequently to pursue a scientific
career. The Silurian System, published in 1839, was a highly
influential study, which established the oldest contemporary
classification of fossil-bearing strata. Murchison was appointed
President of the Royal Geographical Society in 1843. These volumes,
first published in 1875, use information taken from Murchison's
private journals and correspondence. Archibald Geikie (1835-1924)
provides a detailed account of his mentor's life and work in the
context of geology as a developing science in the early nineteenth
century, and provides a fascinating insight into the life and work
of this eminent Victorian geologist. Volume 2 describes his later
life, from 1843 to 1871.
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