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Sir Roderick Impey Murchison
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Born February 19, 1792 • Scotland
Died October 22, 1871 (aged 79) • London • England
Awards And Honors Copley Medal (1849)
Notable Works “Siluria” • “The Silurian System”
Subjects Of Study Paleozoic Era • sequence determination

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