Murchison
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Murchison is the name of:
of several places:
of a number of geographical features:
and of:
- Alice Lynne Murchison, the maiden name of Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton
- Carl MurchisonCarl MurchisonCarl Murchison was an American psychologist and an early promoter of the discipline of psychology. Unlike most psychologists who became prominent in the history books, Murchison was not an influential theorist or researcher. Instead, he was an extremely active organizer, publisher, and...
(1887–1961), American psychologist - Charles MurchisonCharles MurchisonSir Charles Kenneth Murchison was a British Conservative Party politician.He was elected at the 1918 general election as Member of Parliament for Hull East...
(1872–1952), British politician - Charles Murchison (physician)Charles Murchison (physician)Charles Murchison was a British physician and a noted authority on fevers and diseases of the liver.-Early life:...
(1830–1879), British physician - Christian MurchisonChristian MurchisonChristian Murchison is a Singaporean race car driver.In 2003, Murchison finished 10th in the Eurocup Formula Renault V6 Championship. In 2000 and 2001, he was the runner-up in the Australian Formula Holden Championship for two year consecutive years...
(b. 1980), Singaporean racing driver - Clint Murchison, Jr.Clint Murchison, Jr.Clint William Murchison Jr., was a businessman and founder of the Dallas Cowboys football team.A son of Clint Murchison, Sr...
(1923–1987), Texas businessman - Clint Murchison, Sr.Clint Murchison, Sr.Clinton Williams Murchison, Sr. , was a noted Texas-based oil magnate and political operative. He was also the father of Dallas Cowboys owner Clint Murchison, Jr..-Personal:...
(1895–1969), Texas businessman - Ira MurchisonIra MurchisonIra James Murchison was an American athlete, winner of the gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1956 Summer Olympics....
(1933–1994), American athlete - Kenneth MacKenzie MurchisonKenneth MacKenzie MurchisonKenneth MacKenzie Murchison was a U.S. architect. He was born in New York City in 1872 and died in New York in 1938.Murchison graduated from Columbia University in 1894 and from the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France, in 1900...
(1872–1938), American architect - Loren MurchisonLoren MurchisonLoren C. Murchison was an American athlete, double gold medal winner in 4x100 m relay at the Olympic Games....
(1898–1979), American athlete - Michael MurchisonMichael MurchisonMichael Murchison is an Australian executive producer in the music industry. He has worked in the music and event industry around the world for the past 25 years....
, Australian music producer - Roderick MurchisonRoderick MurchisonSir Roderick Impey Murchison, 1st Baronet KCB DCL FRS FRSE FLS PRGS PBA MRIA was a Scottish geologist who first described and investigated the Silurian system.-Early life and work:...
(1792–1871), Scottish geologist - Sally Fletcher-MurchisonSally Fletcher-MurchisonSally Fletcher-Murchison is an American ceramic artist who was born in Sacramento,California in 1933. She grew up there and received a BFA in advertising art from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1955. She worked as a designer before moving to Hawaii. She studied ceramics at the...
(b. 1933), American/Hawaiian ceramicist - Tim MurchisonTim MurchisonThomas Malcolm Murchison was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for two seasons. He pitched for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1917 and the Cleveland Indians in 1920.-External links:...
(1896–1962), American baseball player - William Murchison (journalist)William Murchison (journalist)William Murchison is a nationally syndicated political columnist in the United States. Murchison is normally of a conservative political persuasion. He is also a regular contributor to Chronicles and The Lone Star Report...
, American political columnist
of several places:
- Murchison County, New South Wales, Australia
- Murchison, VictoriaMurchison, VictoriaMurchison is a small rural village located on the Goulburn River in Victoria, Australia. Murchison is located 167 kilometres from Melbourne and is just to the west of the Goulburn Valley Highway between Shepparton and Nagambie. The surrounding countryside contains orchards, vineyards and dairy...
, a village in Victoria, Australia - Murchison (Western Australia), a region in Western Australia
- Murchison, New ZealandMurchison, New ZealandMurchison is a town in the Tasman Region of the South Island of New Zealand. It is near the western end of the "Four Rivers Plain", at the confluence of the Buller River and the Matakitaki River...
, a town in South Island - Murchison, TexasMurchison, TexasMurchison is a city in Henderson County, Texas, United States. The population was 592 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Murchison is located at ....
, a city in Henderson County, Texas, USA
of a number of geographical features:
- Murchison FallsMurchison FallsMurchison Falls, also known as Kabarega Falls, is a waterfall on the Nile. It breaks the Victoria Nile, which flows across northern Uganda from Lake Victoria to Lake Kyoga and then to the north end of Lake Albert in the western branch of the East African Rift....
, a waterfall in Uganda - Murchison GlacierMurchison GlacierThe Murchison Glacier is an long glacier flowing through Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park in the South Island of New Zealand. Lying to the east of Aoraki/Mount Cook, high in the Southern Alps, it flows southwestwards. The Murchison River, which takes its meltwater, flows under the larger Tasman...
in the South Island of New Zealand - Murchison Island in Lake Nipigon in Canada
- Mount Murchison (Tasmania)Mount Murchison (Tasmania)Mount Murchison is the tallest mountain in the West Coast Range Tasmania, Australia.Like most of the mountains in the West Coast Range - the taller were named after opponents or critics of Charles Darwin, the smaller after his supporters.-References:...
- Murchison Mountains in the South Island of New Zealand
- Murchison PromontoryMurchison PromontoryMurchison Promontory is a peninsula in northern Canada that is the northernmost point on mainland Canada and on the mainland of North America; it is also one of the Extreme points of Earth....
in Northern Canada - Murchison Range of mountains in South Africa
- Several rivers named Murchison RiverMurchison RiverMurchison River may refer to the following:* Murchison River * Murchison River * Murchison River * Murchison River...
- Davenport Murchison Ranges in Australia
and of:
- Davenport Murchison National ParkDavenport Murchison National ParkDavenport Murchison is a national park in the Northern Territory , 1033 km southeast of Darwin. Amelia Creek crater, an ancient eroded impact crater lies within the Davenport Range in the area....
in Australia - Electoral district of Murchison-EyreElectoral district of Murchison-EyreMurchison-Eyre was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 1989 and again from 2005 to 2008....
, a former state electorate of Western Australia - HMAS Murchison (K442), a warship of the Royal Australian Navy
- In re Murchison, a 1955 U.S. Supreme Court case during the Warren Court
- Murchison AwardMurchison AwardThe Murchison Award was first given by the Royal Geographical Society in 1882 for publications judged to have contributed most to geographical science in preceding recent years.-Recipients:* 1895 Eivind Astrup* 1898 Herbert Warrington Smyth...
, awarded by the Royal Geographical Society - Murchison BuildingMurchison BuildingThe Murchison Building is an eleven-story brick and marble building in Wilmington, North Carolina, USA. It occupies the corner of Front and Chestnut Street...
in Wilmington, North Carolina - Murchison (crater)Murchison (crater)Murchison is a lunar crater on the north edge of the Sinus Medii, named in honour of the geologist Sir Roderick Murchison. It shares a section of rim with the crater Pallas. To the southeast on the mare is the circular crater Chladni, and to the northeast is Ukert. Farther to the east is the...
, a crater on the moon - Murchison Falls National ParkMurchison Falls National ParkMurchison Falls National Park is a national park in Uganda. The park lies in north western Uganda, spreading inland from the shore of Lake Albert around the Victoria Nile. It is named for the Murchison Falls waterfall, itself named for a president of the Royal Geographical Society...
in Uganda - The Murchison FundThe Murchison FundThe Murchison Fund is an award given by the Geological Society of London to researchers under the age of 40 who have contributed substantially to the study of hard rock and tectonic geology. It is named in honour of Prof. Roderick Impey Murchison.-Recipients:...
, awarded by the Geological Society of London - Murchison HighwayMurchison HighwayThe Murchison Highway runs from the West Coast of Tasmania to Burnie, and was opened on 13 December 1963. The part of the Highway from Waratah to Burnie was known as the Waratah Highway until 1973 at the latest....
, a road in Tasmania - Murchison letterMurchison letterThe Murchison letter was a political scandal during the United States presidential election of 1888 when Sir Lionel Sackville-West was entrapped by a political operative posing as a British expatriate.-History:...
, a political scandal in 1888 in U.S. - Murchison MedalMurchison MedalAn award established by Roderick Murchison, who died in 1871. One of the closing public acts of Murchison’s life was the founding of a chair of geology and mineralogy in the University of Edinburgh. Under his will there was established the Murchison Medal and geological fund to be awarded annually...
, awarded by the Geological Society of London - Murchison meteoriteMurchison meteoriteThe Murchison meteorite is named after Murchison, Victoria, in Australia. It is one of the most studied meteorites due to its large mass , the fact that it was an observed fall, and it belongs to a group of meteorites rich in organic compounds....
, which fell in 1969 near Murchison, Victoria, Australia - The Murchison MurdersThe Murchison MurdersThe Murchison Murders were a series of three murders, committed by an itinerant stockman named Snowy Rowles, near the Rabbit-proof fence in Western Australia during the early 1930s...
which occurred in the 1930s in the Murchison region of Western Australia - Murchison Widefield ArrayMurchison Widefield ArrayThe Murchison Widefield Array is a joint project between MIT, the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, the Raman Research Institute and an Australian consortium of universities, to build a low-frequency radio array operating in the frequency range 80-300 MHz...
, a radio telescope in Western Australia