James Murdoch

Historian, Author

1856 – 1921

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Who was James Murdoch?

James Murdoch was a Scottish scholar and journalist, who worked as a teacher in the Empire of Japan and Australia. From 1903–1917, he wrote the three-volume A History of Japan, the first comprehensive history of Japan in the English language. The third volume was published posthumously in 1926.

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Born
Sep 27, 1856
Stonehaven
Religion
  • Atheism
Ethnicity
  • Scottish people
Nationality
  • United Kingdom
Profession
Education
  • University of Aberdeen
  • University of Göttingen
  • Worcester College, Oxford
Died
Oct 30, 1921
Baulkham Hills

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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