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Robert Murray (tenor)
Robert Murray may refer to: Politicians * Robert Murray (died 1672), of Cameron, Scottish politician * Sir Robert Moray or Robert Murray (1609–1673), Scottish soldier, diplomat, natural philosopher; first President of the Royal Society of London * Robert Murray (British Army officer, born 1689) (1689–1738), Scottish soldier and Member of Parliament * Robert Maynard Murray (1841–1913), American politician and businessman * Robert Murray (New Brunswick politician) (1853–1926) * Robert Murray (co-operator) (1869–1950), British Labour Member of Parliament for West Renfrewshire, 1922–1924 * Robert J. Murray (born 1934), United States Under Secretary of the Navy * Robert Murray (Maine politician) (born 1959) Sportsmen Footballers * Robert Murray (Irish footballer) (died 1906) * Robert Murray (Scottish footballer) (1915–?), played for Bath City, Heart of Midlothian, and Manchester United * Bob Murray (Australian footballer) (born 1942), Australian rules footballer for S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Murray (died 1672)
Sir Robert Murray of Cameron (died 1672) was a Scottish politician. Early life He was the second son of James Murray (died 1649), of Deuchar in Selkirkshire, who was a younger son (the second son to be called James) of Patrick Murray of Philiphaugh. Among his siblings were James Murray of Skirling (heir of their father), MP for Peeblesshire, and Patrick Murray of Deuchar, MP for Selkirkshire. Career Murray was a merchant in Paris before returning to Edinburgh. In 1656, he acquired the estate on which Panmure House was later built but in 1666, "after legal proceedings, he had to part with it to James Wilkie, son of Archibald Wilkie of Harlowmuir, the original owner. In 1670 Murray bought Cameron, the joint appendage of the Prestonfield estate, from a daughter of Sir Alexander Hamilton, brother of the first Earl of Haddington. Murray was proprietor of Cameron until 1677, when he sold it to Sir James Dick, Bart. Murray, who seems to have been the owner of Prestonfield also. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Murray
Robert Allan Murray (born April 4, 1967) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He is the head coach of the Tulsa Oilers of the ECHL. Murray played much of his career as captain of the American Hockey League's Springfield Falcons. He holds team records in single season penalty minutes (373), career assists (157), penalty minutes (1529), and games (501). His number 23 was retired by the Falcons, and remains honored by the successor team in the market, the Springfield Thunderbirds. Playing career As a youth, Murray played in the 1980 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Toronto Marlboros minor ice hockey team. Selected by the Washington Capitals in the 1985 NHL Entry Draft, Murray played parts of two seasons for the Capitals. At the end of the 1990–91 season, he was claimed by the Minnesota North Stars and was traded the very next day to the Winnipeg Jets. Murray would spend most of his time in the Jets' minor league affiliates; first the Monc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert E
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Murray (artist)
Robert Gray Murray (born March 2, 1936) is considered by some to be Canada's foremost abstract sculptor. He also has been called the most important sculptor of his generation worldwide. His large outdoor works are said to resemble the abstract ''stabile'' style of Alexander Calder, that is, the self-supporting, static, abstract sculptures, dubbed "stabiles" by Jean Arp in 1932 to differentiate them from Calder's mobiles. Murray focused on "trying to get sculpture back to its essential form", he has said. His work is like colour-field abstraction. Biography Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, and raised in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, he has lived in the United States since 1960. He began his career as a painter, studying at the Regina College School of Art (1956-1956). In 1957 he worked at the city planning office in Saskatoon and it commissioned a fountain sculpture from him: it was his first sculpture. He went to study at the Allende Institute, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico (195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert K
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert George Everitt Murray
Robert George Everitt Murray (19 May 1919, Ruislip, West London, England – 18 February 2022, London, Ontario, Canada) was an English-Canadian bacteriologist. He is known for his research on bacterial structure and pathology, as well as bacterial taxonomy. Biography His father was Everitt George Dunne Murray (1890–1964), who was a professor of bacteriology at Montreal's McGill University from 1930 to 1955. After his childhood years in England and attending boarding school at Summer Fields in Oxford, R. G. E. Murray moved with his family in 1930 to Montreal. He studied at McGill University from 1936 to 1938. He returned to England and graduated from Christ's College, Cambridge in 1941 with a B.A. in pathology and bacteriology. In 1941 R. G. E. Murray was accepted as a medical student at McGill University. In late October 1941 he embarked upon a 3-week voyage in convoy to Canada. He graduated from McGill University in late 1943 with an M.D. and completed his medical internship in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Murray (educator)
Robert Murray D.A. (1888 – December 1967) was a Scottish painter. "Robert Murray is remembered as a man of innate courtesy and kindliness, and all who had the privilege of knowing him well were the better for the experience." Teaching Robert Murray taught at Robert Gordon's College (RGC), Aberdeen, Scotland. He is remembered affectionately by many of his former pupils. Murray impressed upon his pupils, his own high ideals, not only in their standards of attainment within the class but also in their conduct and aspirations beyond their school years. Murray graduated at the Edinburgh College of Art and taught at Alan Glen's School and Kelso High School prior to his appointment at RGC in 1928. He possessed a great knowledge of the history of art and had a capacity for expressing his ideas in any form of creative art. His teaching methods were never stereotyped and factual, but were often en-livened by interludes of character-acting, or music. He was known, on occasion, to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Fuller Murray
Robert Fuller Murray (1863–1894), was a Victorian poet. Although born in the United States, Murray lived most of his life in the United Kingdom, most notably in St Andrews, Scotland. He wrote two books of poetry and was published occasionally in periodicals. Murray was born 26 December 1863 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, son of Emmeline and John Murray, the latter a Scotsman and a Unitarian minister. In 1869 his father took him to Kelso and from that point on, except for a brief visit to Egypt, he stayed in the U.K. He attended grammar school in Ilminster and Crewkerne and in 1881 he entered the University of St Andrews. In 1886 his father died. He worked for a while assisting John M. D. Meiklejohn, Professor of the Theory, History, and Practice of Education at the University of St Andrews, and contributed some poems to the school newspaper. In 1889 he left St Andrews and worked in Edinburgh at low-level journalism, including a period of employment at the ''Scottish Leader''. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Milne Murray
Robert Milne Murray FRSE FRCPE FRSSA (6 May 1855 – 14 February 1904) was a Scottish surgeon and medical author. Specialising in gynaecology he ran the Edinburgh Maternity Hospital and Simpson Memorial Hospital, He was the first medical Electrician at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary but refused to patent any of the devices which he created and instead openly showed the apparatus to vising European colleagues to be freely copied. Life He was born at Fettercairn on 6 May 1855 the son of the local schoolmaster. He studied science at the University of St Andrews graduating with an MA around 1875. After some time assisting Prof Matthew Forster Heddle he went to the University of Edinburgh to study medicine graduating with an MB ChB in 1879. He then became assistant to John Halliday Croom under whom he gained much knowledge in the field of obstetrics and gynaecology. In 1886 he began lecturing in midwifery and diseases of women. He was President of the Gynaecological Society of Edinb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Murray (physician)
Robert Murray (August 6, 1822 – January 1, 1913) was a physician and career officer in the United States Army. He attained the rank of brigadier general, and served as Surgeon General of the United States Army from 1883 to 1886. Early life Robert Murray was born in Elkridge, Maryland on August 6, 1822, the son of United States Navy officer Daniel Murray and Mary (Dorsey) Murray. He was educated in the local schools and by private tutors, and then began a business career in the offices of Baltimore merchant W. G. Harrison. He later decided on a medical career, and attended the University of Maryland, Baltimore before transferring to the University of Pennsylvania's medical school, from which he received his M.D. degree in 1843. Murray completed his internship and residency at Baltimore's Alms House Hospital. Start of career In 1846, Murray joined the United States Army as a contracted assistant surgeon, and was posted to Fort Gratiot, Michigan. He soon passed the examinati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Murray (Royal Navy Officer)
Robert Murray (c.1763 – 30 June 1834) was an officer in the Royal Navy who served during the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Murray entered the navy at a young age, probably using the patronage of a relation, Captain the Hon. Robert Digby. After service at sea, Murray was serving as a lieutenant during the American War of Independence and saw action at the Battle of Ushant in 1778. He followed Digby to other ships after Digby was promoted to flag rank, and was then given his own commands on the North American Station shortly before the end of the war. He saw some service during the years of peace, commanding a frigate in the Caribbean for a time, before the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars brought further opportunities. Murray commanded the frigate HMS ''Oiseau'' on the North American station for a time, operating with success against French warships and privateers. Serving under Murray during this time was Yuri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Murray (merchant)
Robert Murray (1721–1786), a prominent merchant, was born in County Armagh, Ireland, arriving with his father John Murray (originally from Perthshire, Scotland) in Pennsylvania in 1732. Career Originally a Presbyterian, he became a Quaker after marrying Mary Lindley, daughter of a Quaker politician, in Pennsylvania in 1744. The couple arrived in New York City in 1754 after a short residence in North Carolina. The Murray Hill neighborhood of Manhattan derives its name from the Murray family, whose business interests were mainly concerned with shipping and overseas trade. Robert quickly established himself and about 1762 rented land from the city for a great house and farm, which Robert called Inclenberg, Dutch for beautiful hill. The total area was just over 29 acres (117,000 m2). In today's terms, the farm began a few feet (metres) south of 33rd Street and extended north to the middle of the block between 38th and 39th Street. At the southern end, the plot was rather narro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
