John Murray (physician)
Dr John Murray FRSE FGS (1778–1820) was a short-lived 19th century British physician and prominent scientist, working in the fields of physics, chemistry, and geology, and described by Brydges as a "Chemical Philiospher".[1] His first important published work, "Elements of Chemistry", appeared when he was only 23.[2]
Life[edit]
He was born in Edinburgh in 1778 and educated at the High School. He studied Medicine at St Andrews University graduating around 1798.
He appears in Edinburgh again in 1810 as a lecturer in Chemistry.[3] He later also lectured in Materia Medica, Pharmacy and Natural Philosophy (Physics).
In 1812 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh for his contributions to Geology, his proposers being Thomas Charles Hope, Robert Jameson, and Sir George Steuart Mackenzie.[4] He was made a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1815 and was also elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society of London. He presented 28 papers to the Royal Society, the most important relating to proposals for a safety lamp for miners.[5]
He received his doctorate (MD) in 1814.
He lived at 31 Nicolson Street[6] in south Edinburgh and died there on 22 July 1820.[7]
Family[edit]
His children included Dr John Murray (1798–1873) who emigrated to Australia and died in Melbourne.[8]
Publications[edit]
- Elements of Chemistry (1801)
- A Comparative view of Huttonian and Neptunian Systems of Geology (1802)
- Elements of Materia Medica and Pharmacy (1804)
- A System of Chemistry (1806/7)
References[edit]
- ^ Res Literatiae:Bibliographical and Critical, Brydges Oct 1820
- ^ "Murray, John (D.1820)".
- ^ Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1810
- ^ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
- ^ Dictionary of National Biography: John Murray
- ^ Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1818-19
- ^ Res Literatiae:Bibliographical and Critical, Brydges Oct 1820
- ^ "Murray, John (D.1820)".
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