Born Tarradale, Ross and Cromarty. Had a successful army career and was set to dedicate the rest of his life to fox-hunting, before, with his wife's encouragement, turning to science. Geologist. Worked with Lyell in Europe. Had a long public and furious debate with De la Beche.
Died at home, 16 Belgrave Square.
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Sir Roderick Murchison
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Greenwich Meridian
A prime meridian. Established by Sir George Airy. By 1884, over two-thirds of all ships and tonnage used it as the reference meridian on their charts and maps. In October of that year, 41 delegates...
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Sir William Reid
A member of the Executive Committee for the Great Exhibition 1851.Born Kinglassie, Fifeshire. Soldier, Fellow of the Royal Society (of Science) and Governor of Bermuda, Barbados & Malta.
Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, Science, Caribbean Islands, Malta, Scotland
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Sir William Ramsay
Born at 2 Queen's Crescent, Glasgow. he studied in Tübingen and Glasgow. Following the discovery of helium, it occurred to him that there was room in the periodic table for a new eighth group of el...
1 memorial
Nicholas Culpeper
Physician, botanist, herbalist, astrologer and writer. Probably born at Ockley, Surrey. In about 1635 left Cambridge and came to London. This was prompted by the death of his intended. On her way t...
1 memorial
Sir William Hooker
Botanist. Born William Jackson Hooker at 7 Magdalen Street, Norwich. He collected specimens of mosses from Scotland and Iceland. Became first director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in 1841. Fat...
Person, Gardens / Agriculture, Science, Iceland / Faroe Islands, Scotland
1 memorial
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