George Murray (naturalist)

George Robert Milne Murray
A bearded middle-aged man sitting facing his right
Murray, c. 1900s
Born(1858-11-11)11 November 1858
Died16 December 1911(1911-12-16) (aged 53)
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Strasbourg
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
InstitutionsBritish Museum
Natural History Museum
Author abbrev. (botany)G.Murray

George Robert Milne Murray FRS FRSE FLS (11 November 1858 – 16 December 1911) was a Scottish naturalist, botanist, diatomist and algologist, noted for his association with T. H. Huxley and with the Discovery Expedition.[1] He was the naturalist aboard the solar eclipse expedition to the West Indies in 1886, and was a member of several scientific voyages for the collection of marine organisms, leading valuable work on the Atlantic coast of Ireland in 1898.

  1. ^ Bayliss, Robert A. (1975). "George Murray, naturalist". Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh. 42 (3): 279–286. doi:10.1080/03746607508685292.