Editing Roderick Murchison (section)

{{Short description|British geologist (1792–1871)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2011}}
{{Infobox scientist
| honorific_prefix = 
| name = Sir Roderick Murchison
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|Bt|KCB|FRS|HonFRSE|FLS|PRGS|PBA|MRIA}}
| image = Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, 1st Bt by Stephen Pearce.jpg
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| caption = Sir Roderick Murchison
| birth_date = {{Birth_date|1792|2|19|df=y}}
| birth_place = Tarradale House, [[Muir of Ord]], [[Ross-shire]], Scotland
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1871|10|22|1792|2|19|df=yes}}
| death_place = London, England
| residence = 
| nationality = British
| ethnicity = 
| field = [[Geology]]
| work_institutions = 
| known_for = [[Silurian]] system<br/>[[Devonian]] system<br/>[[Permian]] system
| influences = 
| influenced = 
| prizes = [[Copley Medal]] {{small|(1849)}}<br/>[[List of Makdougall Brisbane Prize winners|Makdougall Brisbane Prize]] <small>(1859)</small><br/>[[Wollaston Medal]] {{small|(1864)}}<br/> [[Founder's Medal]] {{small| (1871)}}
| footnotes = 
| signature = 1860-SignatureMurchsonRI.png
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Charlotte Murchison|Charlotte Hugonin]]|1815|1869|end=d.}}
}}
[[File:Original Vanity Fair Print of Sir Roderick Murchison.jpg|thumb|[[Vanity Fair (British magazine)|''Vanity Fair'']] print of Sir Roderick Murchison]]
[[File:Roderick Impey Murchison.jpg|thumb|Roderick Impey Murchison posing with cane]]
'''Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, 1st Baronet''' (19 February 1792 – 22 October 1871<ref name = "ODNB Murchison">{{Cite ODNB|id=19555|title=Murchison, Sir Roderick Impey, baronet}}</ref>) was a Scottish [[geologist]] who served as [[Directors of the British Geological Survey|director-general]] of the [[British Geological Survey]] from 1855 until his death in 1871. He is noted for investigating and describing the [[Silurian]],{{sfn|Geikie|1911|pp=31–32}} [[Devonian]] and [[Permian]] systems.