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Authorised form of nameHumphry; Sir; George Murray (1820 - 1896)
Dates1820 - 1896
NationalityBritish
Place of birthSudbury, Suffolk, England
Date of birth18 July 1820
Place of deathHis residence, Grove Lodge
Date of death24 September 1896
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Mill Road cemetery, Cambridge
OccupationSurgeon
Research fieldAnatomy
ActivityEducation:
MB
Career:
Surgeon, Addenbrook's Hospital, Cambridge; Lecturer on Human Anatomy and Surgery, Medical School, Cambridge University
Honours:
Kt 1891
Memberships:
FRCSL; FCPS
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election09/06/1859
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1905 vol 75 pp 128-130 signed by T C A
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/37683671
CodeNA3612
Archives associated with this Fellow
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NLB/1/409Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor George Murray Humphry, Fellow of the Royal Society25 February 1887
NLB/3/547Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor George Murray Humphry, Fellow of the Royal Society9 July 1889
NLB/13/486Copy letter from an unknown correspondent, to Messrs Harrison & Sons25 September 1896
NLB/12/601Copy letter from John Evans, to Messrs Robarts, Lubbock & Company20 March 1896
RR/6/184Referee's report by George Murray Humphry, on a paper 'On the appendicular skeleton of the primates' by St. George Jackson Mivart18 March 1867
RR/7/183Referee's report by George Murray Humphry, on a paper 'The myology of the cheiroptera' by Alexander Macalister29 January 1872
RR/6/216Referee's report by George Murray Humphry, on a paper 'On the structure and development of the skull of the common fowl (Gallus domesticus)' by William Kitchen Parker19 May 1869
RR/6/48Referee's report by George Murray Humphry, on a paper 'On the anatomy of Balaenoptera rostrata' by Alexander Carte and Alexander Macalister27 August 1867
IM/Maull/002309Humphry, Sir George Murraynd
RR/6/308Referee's report by George Murray Humphry, on a paper 'On a group of varieties of the muscles of the human neck, shoulder, and chest, with their transitional forms and homologies in the mammalia' by John Wood31 July 1869
EC/1859/06Humphry, Sir George Murray: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MC/9/174Letter from G M [George Murray] Humphry, Anatomical Museum, Cambridge, to [Walter] White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society]8 March 1871
MC/9Volume 9 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1870-June 1873
AP/60/1/1Unpublished manuscript, 'On points of resemblance between the suprarenal [adrenal] bodies of the horse and dog with certain occasional structures in the ovary' by Charles Creighton1877
AP/60/1Unpublished paper, 'On points of resemblance between the suprarenal [adrenal] bodies of the horse and dog with certain occasional structures in the ovary' by Charles Creighton1877
AP/65/6Paper, 'The early development of the pericardium, diaphragm and great veins' by C B [Charles Barrett] Lockwood1887
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