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Letter, 3 May 1857
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CA MUA MG 1022-1-052-0007
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(1830-1910)
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George Murray was born on March 23, 1830, in London, England.
He was a poet, translator, editor, and educator. He studied at King's College, London and Oxford University and moved to Canada in 1859. He taught classics at the Montreal High School. Murray served as a secretary of a literary club on Cathcart Street. He was the leading spirit of the Athenaeum Club, the Shakespeare Club, the Pen and Pencil Club, and the Royal Society of Canada. He served as a literary editor of the Star for thirty years. The selection of Murray’s poems titled "Poems" was published in 1912.
In 1859, he married Catherine Flora McLauchlin (1840–1914). He died on March 13, 1910, in Montreal, Quebec.
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Letter from George Murray to James Dawson.
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2211/9/126
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- Dawson, James, 1789- (Recipient)