Hugh Murray

Biographical Summary

MURRAY, HUGH (HEW). ?-04/03/1846. Ref: 1129. Male.

• Place of Birth: East Lothian.
• Place of Death: Wardrobe Place, Doctor's Commons, London.
• Profession: Excise Clerk, Geographer, Author.
• Appointments Held: Clerk, Excise Office, Edinburgh; Editor, "Scots Magazine".
• Training: Apprentice Clerk, Excise Office, Edinburgh.
• Mother: Anne Hill d.1803.
• Father: Rev Matthew Murray, FRSE 1735-91.
• References: DNB 39, 1894, 368-9; Poggendorff, 2, 244; Shapin 348.
• Memberships: FRGS.
• Date of Election: 22/01/1816.
• Proposers: Thomas Brown, John Leslie, John Playfair, 4/12/1815, (ms Proposal, NLS Acc. 10,000/42).
• Notes: Born 1779.
• Fellow Type: OF.

SOURCE: Waterston, Charles D; Macmillan Shearer, A (July 2006). Biographical index of former fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1783-2002: Biographical Index. II. Edinburgh: The Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 978-0-902198-84-5. page 680

Other References

• Wikipedia contributors. "Hugh Murray (geographer)." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.