| Administrative History | Established in 1871 under the will of Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, who bequeathed the sum of £1000 to the Society. The annual income was to 'be applied in every consecutive year in such a manner as the Council [of the Geological Society] may deem most useful in advancing Geological Science'. The Council was also to award a bronze cast of the Murchison Medal every year. It was customary that ten guineas accompanied the medal, the rest of the balance given as the Murchison Fund. |