during a carriage accident during his honeymoon travel
father stems from MacCullochs of Nether Ardwell in Galloway, mother from the island of Guemsey
a nephew, Henry Macculloch (born in Guernsey 1807), assisted in the survey of Scotland
studies medicine at Univ. Edinburgh (MD in 1793), then entered the Royal artillery as assistant surgeon
Scotland, UK
pioneering geological maps of Scotland ; Description of the Western Islands of Scotland (1819) ; A Geological Map of Scotland (1837, with 48plates) ; System of Geology with Theory of the Earth (1831) ; A Geological Classification of Rocks, wtih Descriptive Synopses (1821) ;
Linnean Society (Fellow 1801); Board of Ordnance (chemist 1803-36); Geolog.Soc. London (member, pres.1816-18); Royal Society of London (Fellow 1820);
engraver->Josiah Cross ; Charles Heath ; H. F. Rose ; J. Stewart ; J. Archer ; colourists ->Sowerby (family) ; colourist ->G. Graves ; A. Arrowsmith, hydrographer to the King ; S. Arrowsmith, map publisher ; mapseller G. F. Cruchley ;
geological drawing, engraving, and map-making ; hand- colouring (in 18 different colours for his geological map) ;
DNB ; Encycl. Brit. 1911 ; Gillian Hull: J. M., dedicated geologist, in: J. of Medical Biogr. 15, 4 (2007): 235-40 ; David A. Cumming in J. Soc. Bibl. Nat. Hist. 8 (1977): 270-85 ; Arch. Nat. Hist. 10, 2 (1981): 255-71 & 14,1 (1985): 77-88 ; V. A.Eyles: J. M. & his geological map, in: Annals of Science 2 (1937): 114-29 & 4 (1939): 10 ;
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