# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/roderick-murchison-1st-baronet
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:57:06.952Z

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name: "Roderick Murchison, 1st Baronet"
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description: "Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, 1st Baronet 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."
tagline: "British geologist (1792-1871)"
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birthDate: "1792-02-19"
deathDate: "1871-10-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump