José Macpherson
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José Macpherson y Hemas (1839–1902) was a Spanish amateur geologist, noted as pioneer in the introduction of modern techniques for the studies of rocks in Spain.[1]
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Born | 15 July 1839 Cádiz |
Died | 11 October 1902 (aged 63) Real Sitio de San Ildefonso |
Occupation | Geologist |
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Born in 1839 in Cádiz in a family of traders, son to a Scottish father.[2] He was the younger brother of Guillermo Macpherson [es],[3] a diplomat, archaeologist and translator. Macpherson met Francisco Giner de los Ríos (the founder of the Institución Libre de Enseñanza, ILE) for the first time in 1875,[4] collaborating with and eventually becoming a lecturer of the ILE (1882).[5] He was also a member of the Sociedad Española de Historia Natural [es] and a founding member of the Sociedad Geográfica de Madrid [es].[6]