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José Macpherson

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]

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]

Macpherson died on 11 October 1902 in La Granja.[7]

References

Citations
  1. ^ Sequeiros & Martín Escorza 2001, p. 214.
  2. ^ Sequeiros & Martín Escorza 2001, p. 214; Perejón 2009, p. 81
  3. ^ Perejón 2009, p. 81.
  4. ^ Perejón 2009, p. 87.
  5. ^ Perejón 2009, pp. 87–88.
  6. ^ Perejón 2009, pp. 84–85, 88–89.
  7. ^ Perejón 2009, p. 93.
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