Gilbert Murray
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1866 – 1957
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Who was Gilbert Murray?
George Gilbert Aimé Murray, OM was an Australian-born British classical scholar and public intellectual, with connections in many spheres. He was an outstanding scholar of the language and culture of Ancient Greece, perhaps the leading authority in the first half of the twentieth century. He is the basis for the character of Adolphus Cusins in his friend George Bernard Shaw's play Major Barbara, and also appears as the chorus figure in Tony Harrison's play Fram.
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- Born
- Jan 2, 1866
Sydney - Parents
- Children
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Education
- University of Oxford
- Lived in
- Sydney
- Died
- May 20, 1957
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on July 23, 2013
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