George Muirhead (1715–1773) was a Scottish linguist.

Life

Muirhead was born at

Dunipace Dunipace is a village in the west of the Falkirk council area of Scotland. The village is south of Stirling and north-west of Falkirk. The village is situated on the north bank of the River Carron and adjoins the town of Denny, to the south of ...

. A graduate of the

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(M.A. 1742), he was ordained as a Minister of the Kirk in 1746. He was professor of oriental languages at the

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(1753-4), until his appointment as Chair of Humanity in 1754. Muirhead was elected Clerk of Senate in 1769. Muirhead died on 31 August 1773. He was "an enthusiastic and accomplished classical scholar", and with

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, professor of Greek, superintended the noble edition of Homer in 4 vols., printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis of Glasgow (the ''Iliad'' in 1756, the ''Odyssey,'' with the ''Hymns'' and ''Fragments,'' in 1758).

Legacy

The Muirhead Prizes are awarded in his memory.

References

* 1715 births 1773 deaths 18th-century Ministers of the Church of Scotland People from Falkirk (council area) Scottish linguists Alumni of the University of Glasgow Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Scottish editors Academics of the University of Glasgow People of the Scottish Enlightenment {{Scotland-linguist-stub