Roderick Collection (#2)

tone (1802-1879) English comic actor and playwright born at Hoxton, logy of Canada (1863). From Life of Sir Roderick I. Murchison by Archibald Geikie (London, 1875). Engraving

John Playfair (1748-1819) mathematician and geologist, born at Benvie, Argyll, Scotland. From Life of Sir Roderick I. Murchison by Archibald Geikie (London, 1875). Engraving

William Smith (1769-1839) English geologist founder of stratigraphical geology. His insight into geological strata was gained while he was working as a canal surveyor. From Life of Sir Roderick I

William Daniel Conybeare (1787-1857) British geologist. The first to describe the ichthyosaurus. From Life of Sir Roderick I. Murchison by Archibald Geikie (London, 1875). Engraving

Adam Sedgwick (1785-1873) British geologist who, in cooperation with Roderick Impey Murchison (1792-1871), defined the Devonian system. From Life of Sir Roderick I

Roderic. Visigoth king (709-711). He lost the throne when the peninsula was invaded by the Muslims. Colored engraving

SMOLLETT: RODERICK RANDOM. Title page to an 1810 edition of The Adventures of Roderick Random, by Tobias Smollett (1721-1777)

ENGLAND: LAW COURT, 1882. The trial of Roderick Maclean, at Reading, England, for his attempt to assassinate Queen Victoria with a gun on 2 March 1882. Maclean was found not guilty, but insane

RODERICK MURCHISON / n(1792-1871). Sir Roderick Impey Murchison. Scottish geologist
RODERICK MURCHISON /n(1792-1871). Sir Roderick Impey Murchison. Scottish geologist. Line engraving, English, 1866

Roderick Maclean, would-be assassin of Queen Victoria Date: 1882

Murchison Lectures
Sir Roderick Murchison lectures on geology (the distribution of gold ore) at the Royal Institution in London. Date: 1850

V1 bomb counter measures committee, 1944
The chairmen of the war cabinet committee on operational counter measures against the " flying bomb" or V1: Mr. Duncan Sandys, M.P(centre), with leaders who directed the battle

Royal Institution Lecture on Gold, London, 1850
Engraving showing a lecture given by Sir Roderick Murchison about the geographical distribution of gold ore, held at the Royal Institution, London, 1850

Murchison / Leighton Litho
SIR RODERICK IMPEY MURCHISON Scottish geologist

Murchison / Sepia Photo
SIR RODERICK IMPEY MURCHISON Scottish geologist

Murchison / Hennah Cdv
SIR RODERICK IMPEY MURCHISON Scottish geologist, with his dog

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