| Authorised form of name | McKenzie; Murdoch (1712 - 1797) |
| Other forms of surname | Mackenzie |
| Dates | 1712 - 1797 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Orkney |
| Date of birth | 1712 |
| Place of death | Minehead, Somerset |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
16 October 1797 |
| Activity | Career:
Surveyed Orkney and Shetland for the Admiralty and HEIC; surveyor to the Admiralty (until 1771); surveyed the North coast of Ireland and west coast of Scotland with compass, publishing the results in 'Nautical description of the west coast of Great Britain from Bristol Channel to Cape Wrath' (1776)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 19/05/1774 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; date and place of birth courtesy of Mike de Smith
References:
Averil M Lysaght, 'Joseph Banks at Skara Brae and Stennis, Orkney, 1772' in NR 1973-4 vol 28 pp 221-234
T E Allibone, 'The Club of the Royal College of Physicians, the Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers and their Relationship to the Royal Society Club' in NR 1967 vol 22 pp 186-192
Raymond Phineas Stearns, 'Fellows of the Royal Society in North Africa and the Levant, 1662-1800' in NR 1954-55 vol 11 pp 75-90
Notes:
DNB gives burial date as 16 Oct 1797, (source: vicar of Minehead). DNB and Bulloch state that he withdrew from the Society in 1796. |
| Code | NA2195 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1774/07 | McKenzie, Murdoch: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MS/391/161 | Bond of Murdoch Mackenzie to the Treasurer of the Royal Society | 9 June 1774 |