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Roderick Murchison

1792 - 1871

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roderick Murchison has received more than 224,180 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Roderick Murchison is the 324th most popular biologist (up from 365th in 2019), the 1,951st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,003rd in 2019) and the 49th most popular British Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Roderick Murchison ranks 324 out of 841. Before him are Albert Günther, Robert Fortune, Anders Sparrman, Guillaume Rondelet, Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel, and Ernst Schäfer. After him are Nehemiah Grew, Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link, Philibert Commerson, Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller, Carl Ludwig Blume, and Alexander von Nordmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1792, Roderick Murchison ranks 32. Before him are Gustav Schwab, Mangas Coloradas, Frederick Marryat, George M. Dallas, Ferdinand Christian Baur, and Andrés de Santa Cruz. After him are Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Manuel Oribe, George Cruikshank, Charles Grandison Finney, Moritz Hauptmann, and Peter von Hess. Among people deceased in 1871, Roderick Murchison ranks 30. Before him are Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt, Pierre Leroux, François-Joseph Fétis, Henry E. Steinway, Prince Gaetan, Count of Girgenti, and Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel. After him are Henri Regnault, Stand Watie, Hermann, Fürst von Pückler-Muskau, August Immanuel Bekker, Peter von Hess, and Alexander Serov.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Roderick Murchison ranks 1,951 out of 7,765. Before him are Benedict Wong (1971), Michelle Fairley (1964), Kay Parker (1944), John Christopher (1922), Jack Charlton (1935), and John Hume (1937). After him are William Ernest Henley (1849), Nehemiah Grew (1641), Michael Byrne (1943), Andrew Irvine (1902), Ken Tyrrell (1924), and Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots (1404).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, Roderick Murchison ranks 49. Before him are John Gould (1804), Jack W. Szostak (1952), Richard Henderson (1945), George Robert Gray (1808), Patrick Geddes (1854), and Robert Fortune (1812). After him are Nehemiah Grew (1641), Ian Wilmut (1944), John Stevens Henslow (1796), John Needham (1713), John Sulston (1942), and William Speirs Bruce (1867).

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