John Middleton Murry

For his son, the writer, see John Middleton Murry Jr. For other people, see John Murry (musician) and John Murray (disambiguation).

John Middleton Murry
A 1917 photograph of Murry by Lady Ottoline Morrell
A 1917 photograph of Murry by Lady Ottoline Morrell
Born(1889-08-06)6 August 1889
Peckham, London, England
Died13 March 1957(1957-03-13) (aged 67)
West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St Edmunds, England
Resting placeThelnetham, England
Alma mater
Spouse
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    (m. 1918; died 1923)​
    Violet Le Maistre
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    (m. 1924; died 1931)​
    Ada Elizabeth Cockbayne
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    (m. 1931)​
    Mary Gamble
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    (m. 1954)​
Children4, including John Middleton Murry Jr.

John Middleton Murry (6 August 1889 – 12 March 1957)[1] was an English writer. He was a prolific author, producing more than 60 books and thousands of essays and reviews on literature, social issues, politics, and religion during his lifetime. A prominent critic, Murry is best remembered for his association with Katherine Mansfield, whom he married in 1918 as her second husband, for his friendship with D. H. Lawrence and T. S. Eliot, and for his friendship (and brief affair) with Frieda Lawrence. Following Mansfield's death, Murry edited her work.

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