. Eminent naturalists. Naturalists; Science. SIR RODERICK J. his eminent geologist was born at Tarraclale in Ross-shire, , Feb- ruary 19, 1792. He was the eldest son of a gentleman of ancient Highland family, and was de- scended from a small clan or sept which for many generations lived in the west of the comity, furnishing factors for some of the larger land- holders, occupants of farms among the western sea-lochs, and even occasionally a parish minister, a doctor, or a schoolmaster. His father Kenneth Mnrchison, educated as a medical man, acquired a competent fortune in India
. Eminent naturalists. Naturalists; Science. SIR RODERICK J. his eminent geologist was born at Tarraclale in Ross-shire, , Feb- ruary 19, 1792. He was the eldest son of a gentleman of ancient Highland family, and was de- scended from a small clan or sept which for many generations lived in the west of the comity, furnishing factors for some of the larger land- holders, occupants of farms among the western sea-lochs, and even occasionally a parish minister, a doctor, or a schoolmaster. His father Kenneth Mnrchison, educated as a medical man, acquired a competent fortune in India, and while still in the prime of life returned to Scotland, where marrying he purchased the estate of Tarradale, on which he settled for a few years as a resident Highland landlord. At the age of seven, young Murchison was sent to the Grammar School at Durham, where he remained for a period of six years, during which time 183. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Greenwood, Thomas, 1851-1908. London, Simpkin, Marshall
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