José Macpherson facts for kids

Quick facts for kids José Macpherson
Born	15 July 1839  Cádiz
Died	11 October 1902  (aged 63) Real Sitio de San Ildefonso
Occupation	Geologist

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.

Born in 1839 in Cádiz in a family of traders, son to a Scottish father and a mother from Cádiz. He was the younger brother of Guillermo Macpherson [es], 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, collaborating with and eventually becoming a lecturer of the ILE (1882). He was also a member of the Sociedad Española de Historia Natural [es] and a founding member of the Sociedad Geográfica de Madrid [es].

Macpherson died on 11 October 1902 in La Granja.

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In Spanish: José Macpherson y Hemas para niños