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Authorised form of nameMurray; George Robert Milne (1858 - 1911); botanist and algologist
Dates1858 - 1911
NationalityBritish
Place of birthArbroath, Forfarshire, Scotland
Date of birth11 November 1858
Place of deathStonehaven, Kincardineshire, Scotland
Date of death16/12/1911
Occupationbotanist and algologist
Research fieldBotany
ActivityEducation: Arbroath high school; studied under Anton de Bary at Strasbourg (1875)
Career: Assistant in the botanical department at the British Museum looking after the the cryptogamic collections (1876); edited 'Phycological Memoirs, being Researches Made in the Botanical Department of the British Museum' (1892-1895); became keeper of the botanical department at the British Museum (1895); naturalist to the solar eclipse expedition to the West Indies (1886); appointed lecturer on botany at St George's Hospital medical school (1882-1886); and to the Royal Veterinary College (1890-1895);director of the civilian scientific staff of the national Antarctic expedition in HMS Discovery, under Captain R. F. Scott (1901); retired from his post at the British Museum (1905) owing to ill health.
Memberships: FLS (1878), VP ( 1899)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election03/06/1897
Age at election39
ProposerWilliam Carruthers; John Wesley Judd; George Albert Boulenger; Charles Baron Clarke; Daniel Oliver; John Murray; William Roberts;William Henry Flower; Joseph Dalton Hooker; Daniel Oliver; Philip Lutley Sclater; Henry Woodward; Sydney Howard Vines
RelationshipsParents: George Murray (b. 1814), a tradesman, and Helen Margaret Sayles (b. 1819).
Brother: Alexander Stuart Murray (1841–1904), keeper of Greek and Roman antiquities at the British Museum.
Spouse: Helen (d. 1902), daughter of William Welsh of Walker's Barns and Boggieshallow, Brechin, Forfarshire (1884)
Children: One son and one daughter.
Published worksRCN 56511
RCN 27445
RCN 59362
RCN 56510
General contextKnown for his work on marine algae.
He reported on the discovery of at least one new species of phytoplankton.
Investigated salmon disease and published papers on the subject (1882-1885).
SourcesSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc Series B 1912-1913 vol 86 pp xxi-xxiii signed by L F and W C
Royal Society codeNA1021
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
EC/1897/19Murray, George Robert Milne: certificate of election to the Royal Society
EC/1897/20Murray, George Robert Milne: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MM/17/33Letter from George Murray to Michael Foster, Secretary, Royal Society20 November 1895
MM/17/34Letter from George Murray to Michael Foster, Secretary, Royal Society20 January 1896
NLB/24/781Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to George Robert Milne Murray, Fellow of the Royal Society10 July 1902
NLB/6/559Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to George Robert Milne Murray31 May 1892
NLB/6/517Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to George Robert Milne Murray26 May 1892
RR/16/214Referee's report by William Abbott Herdman, on a paper ['On a method of using the tow-net as an opening and closing tow-net'] by George Robert Milne Murray7 January 1905
RR/15/338Referee's report by George Robert Milne Murray, on a paper 'The seed-fungus of lolium temulentum. L. the darnel, or poisonous rye-grass' by E M FreemanJuly 1902
NLB/15/725Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons24 November 1897
RR/16/372Referee's report by George Robert Milne Murray, on a paper 'Endophytic adaptation shown by erysiphe graminis DC. under cultural conditions' by E S SalmonMay 1905
NLB/16/838Copy letter from Michael Foster, to George R M Murray, Fellow of the Royal Society, Willow House, The Green, Ealing, W.17 June 1898
NLB/16/859Copy letter from Michael Foster, to Geo [George] R M Murray, Fellow of the Royal Society21 June 1898
NLB/17/119Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to George Robert Milne Murray, and Vernon Herbert Blackman, Fellows of the Royal Society12 July 1898
NLB/16/809Copy letter from Edwin Ray Lankester (Chairman of the Zoology Committee) and W T Thiselton-Dyer, to Professor Michael Foster14 June 1898
NLB/18/102Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to G R M Murray, Fellow of the Royal Society16 January 1899
NLB/16/883Copy letter from Michael Foster, to George R M Murray, Willow Green, The Green, Ealing, W.28 June 1898
NLB/17/115Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to the Treasurer of the Linnean Society, Burlington House20 July 1898
NLB/19/411Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr George Robert Milne Murray, Fellow of the Royal Society26 September 1899
NLB/19/470Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to George Robert Milne Murray, Fellow of the Royal Society10 October 1899
NLB/22/708Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to [George Robert Milne] Murray, Fellow of the Royal Society28 June 1901
NLB/27/469Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to George Robert Milne Murray, Fellow of the Royal Society2 October 1903
NLB/30/136Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to George Robert Milne Murray, Fellow of the Royal Society3 February 1905
NLB/30/255Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to George Robert Milne Murray, Fellow of the Royal Society20 February 1905
NLB/30/664Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to George Robert Milne Murray, Fellow of the Royal Society3 May 1905
NLB/35/433Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to [Messrs Harrison & Sons]31 May 1907
NLB/37/45Copy letter from Archibald Geikie to George [Robert Milne] Murray, 32 Market Square, StonehavenUndated
MC/26/176Letter from George Murray, 2 Bridgefield Terrace, Stonehaven, N.B, to [Robert] Harrison, [Royal Society]15 May 1911
NLB/44/858Copy letter from Theodore E James to George Murray FRS, 2 Bridgefield Terrace, Stonehaven, NB2 December 1911
RR/13/305Referee's report by George Robert Milne Murray, on a paper 'On the biology of stereum hirsutum (Fr.)' by Harry Marshall Ward29 November 1897
RR/14/73Letter from Michael Foster, to Edwin Ray Lankester, regarding a paper 'A study of the phyto-plankton of the Atlantic' by George Robert Milne Murray and Vernon Herbert Blackmannd [1898]
RR/14/266Referee's report by George Robert Milne Murray, on a paper 'Onygena equina, Willd., a horn-destroying fungus' by Harry Marshall Wardnd [May 1899]
RR/16/102Referee's report by George Robert Milne Murray, on a paper 'Cultural experiments with 'Biologic Forms' of the Erysiphaceae' by Ernest S SalmonJanuary 1904
RR/14/68Referee's report by John Murray, on a paper 'A study of the phyto-plankton of the Atlantic' by George Robert Milne Murray and Vernon Herbert Blackman24 May 1898
NLB/17/66Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Michael Foster, Secretary, Royal Society11 July 1898
RR/14/70Letter from William Abbott Herdman, to Edwin Ray Lankester, regarding a paper 'A study of the phyto-plankton of the Atlantic' by George Robert Milne Murray and Vernon Herbert Blackman1 June 1898
NLB/19/522Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to George Robert Milne Murray, Fellow of the Royal Society24 October 1899
RR/10/37Referee's report by George Robert Milne Murray, on a paper 'Studies on some new micro-organisms obtained from air' by Percy Faraday Frankland7 April 1887
RR/14/67Referee's report by Edwin Ray Lankester, on a paper 'A study of the phyto-plankton of the Atlantic' by George Robert Milne Murray and Vernon Herbert Blackman13 May 1898
RR/10/38Letter from George Robert Milne Murray, to John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, regarding a paper 'Studies on some new micro-organisms obtained from air' by Percy Faraday Frankland7 April 1887
NLB/16/884Copy letter from Michael Foster, to the Secretaries, Linnean Society, Burlington House, W.28 June 1898
RR/14/72Letter from George Robert Milne Murray and Vernon Herbert Blackman, to Michael Foster, regarding a paper 'A study of the phyto-plankton of the Atlantic' by George Robert Milne Murray and Vernon Herbert Blackman20 June 1898
RR/14/45Referee's report by George Robert Milne Murray, on a paper 'Contributions to our knowledge of the Fucaceae: their life-history and cytology' by John Bretland Farmer and John Lloyd Williams27 June 1898
RR/14/71Referee's report by Walter Frank Raphael Weldon, on a paper 'A study of the phyto-plankton of the Atlantic' by George Robert Milne Murray and Vernon Herbert Blackman18 June 1898
AP/73/15Unpublished paper, 'A study of the phyto-plankton of the Atlantic' by George Murray and Vernon Herbert Blackman1898
RR/14/69Referee's report by William Abbott Herdman, on a paper 'A study of the phyto-plankton of the Atlantic' by George Robert Milne Murray and Vernon Herbert Blackmannd [1898]
RR/14/74Letter from Edwin Ray Lankester, to Mr Harrison, regarding a paper 'A study of the phyto-plankton of the Atlantic' by George Robert Milne Murray and Vernon Herbert Blackman23 June 1898
RR/14/75Letter from George Robert Milne Murray, to Michael Foster, regarding a paper 'A study of the phyto-plankton of the Atlantic' by George Robert Milne Murray and Vernon Herbert Blackman23 June 1898
MC/17Volume 17 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1897-1899
NLB/44/191Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to George R [Robert] M [Milne] Murray FRS, 2 Bridgefield Terrace, Stonehaven24 May 1911
MC/26/177Letter from George Murray, 2 Bridgefield Terrace, Stonehaven, N.B, to the [Royal Society]30 November 1911
MC/21Volume 21 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1906
MC/27/116Letter from [Lazarus] Fletcher, British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, London, S.W, to Sir John Rose Bradford, [Royal Society]29 November 1912
MC/21/445Letter from George [Robert Milne] Murray, 8 Kerrison Road, Ealing, to [Robert William Frederick] Harrison12 February 1906
MC/21/446Letter from George [Robert Milne] Murray, 8 Kerrison Road, Ealing, to [Robert William Frederick] Harrison28 October 1906
MC/22/281Letter from George [Robert Milne] Murray, to [Robert William Frederick] Harrison8 May 1907
MC/22Volume 22 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1907
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