George Murdoch was the husband of Elizabeth Christie (daughter of Elizabeth Dawson and Alexander Christie)

Sir Roderick Impey Murchison was born on February 19, 1792, in Tarradale, Ross-shire, Scotland.

He was a British geologist. He attended the Royal Military College, Great Marlow, and served in the British Army in Portugal and Spain (1808-1815). After two years of traveling in Europe with his wife, they settled in Barnard Castle, County Durham, England, in 1818. Murchison became fascinated by the young science of geology and joined the Geological Society of London in 1825, being elected its president in 1831. In 1826, he was elected Fellow of the Royal Society. He studied the geology of the south of England and later parts of southern France, northern Italy, and the Alps. He was an opponent of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. In 1831, he began his studies of the Early Paleozoic rocks in South Wales and his findings were embodied in the monumental work “The Silurian System” (1839). Following the establishment of the Silurian System, Murchison together with a British geologist Sedgwick founded the Devonian System, based on their research of the geology of southwestern England and the Rhineland. Murchison then went on an expedition to Russia and wrote, with others, “The Geology of Russia in Europe and the Ural Mountains” (1845). In 1841, he proposed the establishment of the Permian System, based upon his Russian explorations. He was knighted in 1846, and in 1855, he was appointed Director-General of the Geological Survey of Great Britain and director of the Royal School of Mines and the Museum of Practical Geology, London. He prepared successive editions of his work “Siluria” (1854; 5th ed. 1872), which presented the main features of the original “Silurian System” together with information on new findings. In 1871, he founded a chair of geology and mineralogy at the University of Edinburgh, and in his will, he provided for the establishment of the Murchison Medal and Geological Fund, to be awarded annually by the Geological Society.

In 1815, he married Lady Charlotte Hugonin (1788–1869). He died on October 22, 1871, in London, England.

Sir Jerom Murch was born on October 29, 1807, in Honiton, Devon, England.

He was a Unitarian clergyman, municipal activist, and philanthropist. He was educated at University College London. He arrived in Bath in 1833 to serve as a Minister of Trim Street Chapel. Ill health forced his premature retirement in 1845. His wife was an heiress, which is how he was able to buy the land and build his residence, a Victorian mansion Cranwell House in 1856 (now a school and World Heritage site). He became a key figure in Bath’s political and cultural life during the 19th century, serving as a seven-time Mayor of Bath (1860-1862, 1876-1877, 1890, 1892), president of the Royal Mineral Water Hospital (1860-1862, 1878), and Justice of the Peace. His initiatives to help the poor included improving Bath’s water supply and sanitation. In 1864, the city began a series of reforms under his leadership, with improvements to the streets and buildings, lighting, theatres, parks, and amenities. His municipal service, humanitarianism, and philanthropy won him both a knighthood and the accolade of the city's Man of the Century. He published several books, e.g., "The Bath Physicians of Former Times" (1882) and "Biographical Sketches of Bath Celebrities, Ancient and Modern" (1893).

In 1830, he married Ann Meadows-Taylor (1800-1893). He died on March 13, 1895, in Bath, Avon, England.

A native of Montréal, David Munroe was educated at Macdonald College (School for Teachers) and at McGill University where he obtained his B.A. in 1928 and M.A. in 1931. He later received his D.Sc.Ed. from Laval University. Munroe taught at the High School of Montréal from 1928 to 1930 and at Lower Canada College from 1930 to 1936. He also served as principal of the Ormstown High School from 1936 to 1949. From 1949 to 1964 he was Director of the School for Teachers and Professor of education at McGill. He was appointed chairman of the Department of Education in 1954 and from 1957 to 1969 was Macdonald Professor of Education. Munroe served as vice-chairman of the Royal Committee of Enquiry on Education in Québec, (1961-1965); and as advisor in the External Aid Office. His chief role was to consider establishing an Institute of Education at the University of West Indies (1961). Munroe passed away in 1976.