Sir George Mackenzie, 7th Baronet
Sir George Steuart Mackenzie, 7th Baronet FRS FRSE FSA (22 June 1780–26 October 1848) was a Scottish geologist, chemist and agricultural improver.To illustrate the conclusions he had formed with regard to the geology of Iceland, Mackenzie visited the Faroe Islands in 1812, and on his return read an account of his observations before the Edinburgh Royal Society.The clearances evicted hundreds of families from land by landowners to make way for large-scale sheep production or other agricultural uses.Evictions could be violent, and communities were forced to yield homes and land where generations of people had lived and worked.From 1826 to 1848 he contributed numerous papers to the discussion of the origin of the Parallel Roads of Lochaber, however his opinions did not gain acceptance.
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