Kenneth Murray (archaeologist)
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Kenneth Crosswaithe Murray (1902 – 21 April 1972) better known as K.C. Murray was an English art curator and teacher.
The second son of the chess historian H. J. R. Murray and his suffragette wife Kate Crosthwaite, Murray was an elder brother of educationalist and biographer Elisabeth Murray, and a grandson of Sir James Murray, editor of the Oxford English Dictionary.[2]
He first studied at Balliol College, Oxford but later left in order to study art at the School of Arts and Crafts, Birmingham.
Arriving in
Murray took a leave in 1929 to study
Prompted by the discovery of Nok Head artefacts during
Having spent the majority of his adult life in Nigeria, remained in Nigeria even after retirement and was dedicated to preserving Nigerian arts.[6] KC Murray died in a road accident along Ijebu Benin road on 21 April 1972.[7] His body was interred in Ikoyi Cemetery on May 4, 1972.
References
- ^ "Phyllis Rowlands - Kenneth Crosthwaite Murray".
- ^ Brewer, Charlotte. "Katherine Maud Elisabeth Murray (1909-98)". Examining the OED. Hertford College, Oxford: Charlotte Brewer. Archived from the original on 22 November 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
- ^ Ozioma Onuzulike, The Emergence of Modern Ceramics in Nigeria: The Kenneth Murray Decade, 1929–39, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/272137450_The_Emergence_of_Modern_Ceramics_in_Nigeria_The_Kenneth_Murray_Decade_1929-39
- ^ "Celebrating Nigeria's 90 years of Museum movement". Vanguard News. 15 August 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
- ^ National Commission for Museums and Monuments, History Of Museum in Nigeria https://museum.ng/about-us/history-of-ncmm/ Retrieved 15 July 2022.
- ^ Murray and growth of museums in nigeria https://thenationonlineng.net/murray-and-growth-of-museums-in-nigeria/
- ^ "Betty Murray, Kenneth Murray...and Aina Onabolu!". Zaynnah Magazine. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
Sources
- Willett, Frank (Winter 1973). "Kenneth Murray". African Arts. 6 (2): 65. JSTOR 3334783.
- Onuzulike, Ozioma (November 2013). "The Emergence of Modern Ceramics in Nigeria: The Kenneth Murray Decade, 1929–39". The Journal of Modern Craft. 6 (3): 293–313. .
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