The grave of Keith Murray, Baron Murray, Warriston Cemetery

Keith Anderson Hope Murray, Baron Murray of Newhaven, KCB (28 July 1903 – 10 October 1993)Oxford Dictionary of National Biography – subscription based – accessed 1 July 2011
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Early life

He was the son of Lord Murray, a

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, and his wife Annie Florence Nicolson. Educated at

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and the

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where he gained a

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in Agriculture, Murray went into employment with the

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from 1925 to 1926. He was then awarded a

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, and spent three years at

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where he was awarded a

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. In 1929 he attended

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, and the

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(AERI) until 1932. He died on 10 October 1993 and is buried with his parents and siblings in

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in north Edinburgh.

Career

He became a Research Officer for the AERI, a post he held until 1944. In 1937, however, he was appointed a

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and

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, as well as being appointed by the University to

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. On the death of the Rector J. A. R. Munro in 1944, he was elected to the Rectorship, a position he held until his retirement in 1953. He became the first Rector since

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not to die in office. On his retirement from the Rectorship,

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, the then-

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, appointed him Chairman of the University Grants Committee, a post he held for a decade. In 1957,

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, the

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, asked him to serve on the Committee on Australian Universities. He was appointed a

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(KCB) in the

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. He was Vice President of

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(1966–69), Honorary President of the National Union of Students (1967–70). He was Chairman of the Committee of Enquiry into the Governance of the

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(1970–72) which produced the Murray Report. This led to the merger of several of the constituent colleges of the university such as

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and Bedford College under the leadership of their principals Dr

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and Professor

Dorothy Wedderburn Dorothy Enid Wedderburn (née Barnard, formerly Cole; 18 September 1925 – 20 September 2012) He was

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from 1964 to 1974. He was Chairman of the

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(1962–71).Entry in ''Who Was Who'' 2011 on-line subscription version, accessed 1 July 2011
Ukwhoswho.com. Retrieved on 2014-06-04. He held

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ships of

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, and Lincoln College, Oxford. On 17 September 1964, he was created a

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as Baron Murray of Newhaven, of Newhaven in the County and City of Edinburgh. The Keith Murray Senior Scholarship at Lincoln College is named in his memory.Keith Murray Senior ScholarshipScholarship Search
UK. Lightfoot Scholar in Ecclesiastical History, University of Cambridge, 1938; Thirlwall Prize and Medal 1941. Formerly Lecturer in Mathematics, King's College, Newcastle; Senior Mathematics and Johnson University Scholar 1954. Formerly Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Professor of Philosophy, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, 1959-69. Formerly MRC Staff Scientist, MRC Neurochemical Pharmacology Unit, Cambridge. Formerly Lecturer in Law, Nottingham University. Formerly MRC Staff Member, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge. Amory Houghton Professor of Chemistry, Harvard University, since 1974. Hulsean Lecturer, University of Cambridge, 1981-2. Formerly Vinerian Professor of English Law and Fellow of All Souls; Vinerian Scholar 1921; Rhodes Travelling Fellow 1931. Chancellor, University of Southampton; formerly Bursar (1937–53) and Rector (1944–53); formerly Chairman of the University Grants Committee; Hon. Fellow of Downing College, Cambridge; Commonwealth Fund Fellow 1926-9; Hon. DCL. Hon. ARIBA; Member Royal Fine Art Commission; Trustee, National Gallery; Trustee, Tate Gallery; Hon. D.Litt. Professor of Economics at Harvard; Hon. D.Litt. Williams College. Vice-Chancellor 1977-81; Formerly Dr Lee's Professor of Chemistry and Fellow of Exeter College. Professor of Physics, University of Bristol. High Master St Paul's School 1939-46; Headmaster of Winchester College 1946-53; Pilgrim Trustee; Hon. LLD St And. Sometime Director, National Institute of Health, Bethesda; Hon. D.Sc. College of William and Mary, Albany Medical College of Union University, Hahnemann Medical College. Honoured at Pembroke College, Oxford in Sir Geoffrey Arthur Building with room named for him for Cornell/Pembroke relations.

Arms

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Murray, Keith 1903 births 1993 deaths People educated at Edinburgh Academy Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Cornell University alumni Fellows of Downing College, Cambridge Fellows of Lincoln College, Oxford Fellows of Oriel College, Oxford Harkness Fellows Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Life peers Rectors of Lincoln College, Oxford People associated with Birkbeck, University of London Chancellors of the University of Southampton Life peers created by Elizabeth II