John Murray III
John Murray III (1808–1892) was a British publisher, third of the name at the John Murray company founded in London in 1777.
Life
The eldest son of
Publisher
There resulted the research for a series of books for tourists, the
From 1830 to 1843 Murray helped his father run the firm. His own publishing projects included:[1]
- Nineveh and its Remains (1848), publicising of Austen Henry Layard's discoveries;
- Lord Campbell's Lives of the Chancellors (1845–48), and Lives of the Chief Justices (1849);
- George Grote's History of Greece (1846–55);
- Murray's British Classics, annotated library editions of Byron, Gibbon, Goldsmith, and other writers; and
- the series of dictionaries by William Smith, an adviser of the firm who became editor of the Quarterly Review in 1867.
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Later life
Murray had been well-connected in the literary world since his early days. He was a magistrate for
Works
Murray published anonymously in 1877 (2nd edit. 1878) Scepticism in Geology.[1]
Family
Murray married in 1847 Marion, youngest daughter of Alexander Smith, banker, of Edinburgh, and sister of David Smith,
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g Lee, Sidney, ed. (1894). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 39. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1894). "Murray, John (1808-1892)". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 39. London: Smith, Elder & Co.- Zachs, William; Isaac, Peter; Fraser, Angus; Lister, William. "Murray family (per. 1768–1967)". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/64922. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
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