See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• RODERICK

RODERICK See also:

• IMPEY, SIR ELIJAH (1732-1809)

IMPEY See also:

• SIR RODERICK IMPEY MURCHISON (1792-1871)

MURCHISON (1792-1871)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British geologist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Tarradale, in eastern See also:

• ROSS
• ROSS, ALEXANDER (1699-1784)
• ROSS, GEORGE WILLIAM (1841- )
• ROSS, JOHN, or KOOESKOOWE (179o-1866)
• ROSS, ROBERT (1766-1814)
• ROSS, SIR HEW DALRYMPLE (1779-1868)
• ROSS, SIR JAMES CLARK (1800-1862)
• ROSS, SIR JOHN (1777-1856)

Ross, See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland, on the 19th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1792 . His See also:

• FATHER

father, See also:

• KENNETH

Kenneth See also:

• MURCHISON, SIR RODERICK IMPEY (1792-1871)

Murchison (d . 1796), came of an old Highland See also:

• CLAN (Gaelic clann, O. Ir. cland, connected with Lat. planta, shoot or scion, the ancient Gaelic or Goidelic substituting k for p)

clan in See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west Ross-See also:

• SHIRE

shire, and having been educated as a medical See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man, acquired a See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune in See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India; while still in the See also:

• PRIME, PRIMER AND PRIMING

prime of See also:

• LIFE

life he returned to Scotland, where, marrying one of the Mackenzies of Fairburn, he See also:

• PURCHASED

purchased the See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate of Tarradale and settled for a few years as a See also:

• RESIDENT

resident Highland landlord . See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

Young Murchison See also:

• LEFT

left the See also:

• HIGHLANDS, THE

Highlands when three years old, and at the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of seven was sent to the See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

grammar school of See also:

• DURHAM
• DURHAM, JOHN GEORGE LAMBTON, 1ST EARL OF (1792–1840)

Durham, where he remained for six years . He was then placed at the military See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college, See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• MARLOW (GREAT MARLOW)

Marlow, to be trained for the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army . With some difficulty he passed the See also:

• EXAMINATIONS

examinations, and at the age of fifteen was gazetted See also:

• ENSIGN (through the Fr. enseigne from the Latin plural insignia)

ensign in the 36th See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment . A See also:

• YEAR

year later (18o8) he landed with See also:

• WELLESLEY
• WELLESLEY, RICHARD COLLEY WESLEY (or WELLESLEY)

Wellesley in See also:

• GALICIA (Ger. Galizien; Pol. Halicz)
• GALICIA (the ancient Gallaecia or Callaecia, KaMauci,a or KaXau da)

Galicia, and was See also:

• PRESENT

present at the actions of Rorica and Vimiera . Subsequently under See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• MOORE, A
• MOORE, ALBERT JOSEPH (1841–1893)
• MOORE, EDWARD (1712–1757)
• MOORE, GEORGE (1853– )
• MOORE, GEORGE FOOT (1851– )
• MOORE, HENRY (1831–1895)
• MOORE, JOHN (1729-1802)
• MOORE, SIR JOHN (1761-1809)
• MOORE, THOMAS (1779-1852)

Moore he took See also:

• PART

part in the See also:

• RETREAT (O. Fr. retrete, mod. retraite, from Lat. retrahere, to draw back)

retreat to See also:

• CORUNNA
• CORUNNA (Span. La Coruna; Fr. La Corogne; Eng. formerly often The Groyne)

Corunna and the final See also:

• BATTLE

battle there . This was his only active service . The defeat of See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon at See also:

• WATERLOO

Waterloo seeming to See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close the prospect of See also:

• ADVANCEMENT

advancement in the military profession, Murchison, after eight years of service, quitted the army, and married the daughter of See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General Hugonin, of Nursted See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House, See also:

• HAMPSHIRE (or COUNTY OF SOUTHAMPTON, abbreviated HANTS)

Hampshire . With her he then spent rather more than two years on the See also:

• CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

Continent, particularly in See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, where her cultivated tastes were of See also:

• SIGNAL

signal See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence in guiding his pursuits . He threw himself with all the See also:

• ENTHUSIASM

enthusiasm of his See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character into the study of See also:

• ART

art and antiquities, and for the first See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time in his life tasted the pleasures of truly intellectual pursuits .

Returning to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England in 1818, he sold his paternal See also:

• PROPERTY

property in Ross-shire and settled in England, where he took to See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field See also:

• SPORTS
• SPORTS, THE BOOK OF

sports . He soon became one of the greatest See also:

• FOX
• FOX, C
• FOX, CHARLES JAMES (1749-1806)
• FOX, EDWARD (c. 1496-1538)
• FOX, GEORGE (1624-1691)
• FOX, RICHARD (c. 1448-1528)
• FOX, ROBERT WERE (1789—1877)
• FOX, SIR STEPHEN (1627–1716)
• FOX, SIR WILLIAM (1812-1893)

fox-hunters in the midland counties; but at last, getting weary of such pursuits and See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting Sir See also:

• HUMPHRY, OZIAS (1742-1810)

Humphry See also:

• DAVY, SIR HUMPHRY

Davy, who urged him to turn his See also:

• ENERGY (from the Gr. ivipyela; iv, in, ipyov, work)

energy to See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science, he was induced to attend lectures at the Royal Institution . This See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change in the current of his occupations was much helped by the sympathy of his wife, who, besides her See also:

• ARTISTIC

artistic acquirements, took much See also:

• INTEREST

interest in natural See also:

• HISTORY

history . Eager and enthusiastic in whatever he undertook, he was fascinated by the young science of See also:

• GEOLOGY (from Gr. yp7, the earth, and Abyor, science)

geology . He joined the See also:

• GEOLOGICAL

Geological Society of See also:

• LONDON

London and soon showed himself one of its most active members, having as his colleagues there such men as See also:

• SEDGWICK, ADAM (1785-1873)
• SEDGWICK, JOHN (1813–1864)

Sedgwick, W . D . See also:

• CONYBEARE, WILLIAM DANIEL (1787–1857)
• CONYBEARE, WILLIAM JOHN (1815–1857)

Conybeare, W . See also:

• BUCKLAND, FRANCIS TREVELYAN (1826–188o)
• BUCKLAND, WILLIAM (1784–1856)

Buckland, W . H . See also:

• FITTON, MARY (c. 1578-1647)
• FITTON, WILLIAM HENRY (1780-1861)

Fitton and See also:

• LYELL, SIR CHARLES (1797-1875)

Lyell . Exploring with his wife the geology of the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of England, he devoted See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention to the rocks of the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-west of See also:

• SUSSEX
• SUSSEX, EARLS OF
• SUSSEX, KINGDOM OF (SO Seaxe, i.e. the South Saxons)
• SUSSEX, THOMAS RADCLYFFE [or RATCLYFFE], 3RD EARL OF (c. 1525-1583)

Sussex and the adjoining parts of Hants and See also:

• SURREY
• SURREY, EARLDOM OF
• SURREY, HENRY HOWARD, EARL OF (1518?-1547)

Surrey, on which, aided by Fitton, he wrote his first scientific See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper, read to the society in 1825 .