José Macpherson

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.^[1]

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

Born in 1839 in Cádiz in a family of traders, son to a Scottish father.^[2] He was the younger brother of Guillermo Macpherson [es],^[3] 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,^[4] collaborating with and eventually becoming a lecturer of the ILE (1882).^[5] He was also a member of the Sociedad Española de Historia Natural [es] and a founding member of the Sociedad Geográfica de Madrid [es].^[6]

Macpherson died on 11 October 1902 in La Granja.^[7]