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Biography

Adolph Murray was born on 13 February 1751 in Stockholm.¹ He was the youngest son of the Prussian-born preacher and theologian Andreas Murray (1695 - 1771). His brothers were the professors Johann Philipp Murray (1726-1776) and Johann Andreas Murray (1740-1791), and the Bishop Gustaf Murray (1747-1825).²

In 1764 Adolph Murray became a student in Uppsala, and soon became devoted to anatomy.³ He was a pupil of Carl Linnaeus.⁴ At the age of 19 his professor gave him permission to give public lectures on anatomy in Stockholm. In 1772 he received his PhD from Uppsala.⁵ Adolph Murray then undertook a foreign field trip, returning in 1776. While he was away, he was appointed Professor of Anatomy and Surgery at Uppsala University.⁶ Linnaeus had supported this appointment.⁷ He was one of the university's most prominent teachers, and made valuable contributions to science.⁸

Adolph Murray died in Uppsala on 4 May 1803.⁹ He had been a firm royalist. His son, Carl Adolph Murray, was to become American consul in Gothenburg.¹⁰

Bibliography

Murray published many papers on medical subjects. His longer works include:

• Murray, Adolf (1794). Adolphi Murray Descriptio Arteriarvm Corporis Humani: In Tabulas Redacta ; in Usus Discentium. Beerius. Retrieved 2013-01-10.
• Forster, Johann Reinhold; Murray, Adolf (1799). Testacéologie. Retrieved 2013-01-10.

Citations

Sources

• "American consul in Göteborg". The Swedish Pioneer Historical Quarterly. Swedish Pioneer Historical Society.: 6 1967. Retrieved 2013-01-10.
• Fries, Theodor Magnus (2011-12-22). Linnaeus. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-108-03723-5. Retrieved 2013-01-10.
• "Murray, 3. Adolf". Nordisk familjebok. 1913. Retrieved 2013-01-10.
• "MURRAY, ANDREAS och hans söner". Biographiskt Lexicon öfver namnkunnige Svenska Män. 1843. p. 197. Retrieved 2013-01-11.

References

1. Murray, 3. Adolf - Nordisk familjebok 1913. - "Murray, 3. Adolf". Nordisk familjebok. 1913. Retrieved 2013-01-10. https://runeberg.org/nfbr/0730.html ↩

2. MURRAY, ANDREAS och hans söner 1843. - "MURRAY, ANDREAS och hans söner". Biographiskt Lexicon öfver namnkunnige Svenska Män. 1843. p. 197. Retrieved 2013-01-11. https://books.google.com/books?id=_a4DAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA197 ↩

3. Murray, 3. Adolf - Nordisk familjebok 1913. - "Murray, 3. Adolf". Nordisk familjebok. 1913. Retrieved 2013-01-10. https://runeberg.org/nfbr/0730.html ↩

4. Fries 2011, p. 260. - Fries, Theodor Magnus (2011-12-22). Linnaeus. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-108-03723-5. Retrieved 2013-01-10. https://books.google.com/books?id=IWa-A--2LZEC&pg=PA260 ↩

5. Murray, 3. Adolf - Nordisk familjebok 1913. - "Murray, 3. Adolf". Nordisk familjebok. 1913. Retrieved 2013-01-10. https://runeberg.org/nfbr/0730.html ↩

6. Murray, 3. Adolf - Nordisk familjebok 1913. - "Murray, 3. Adolf". Nordisk familjebok. 1913. Retrieved 2013-01-10. https://runeberg.org/nfbr/0730.html ↩

7. Fries 2011, p. 260. - Fries, Theodor Magnus (2011-12-22). Linnaeus. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-108-03723-5. Retrieved 2013-01-10. https://books.google.com/books?id=IWa-A--2LZEC&pg=PA260 ↩

8. Murray, 3. Adolf - Nordisk familjebok 1913. - "Murray, 3. Adolf". Nordisk familjebok. 1913. Retrieved 2013-01-10. https://runeberg.org/nfbr/0730.html ↩

9. Murray, 3. Adolf - Nordisk familjebok 1913. - "Murray, 3. Adolf". Nordisk familjebok. 1913. Retrieved 2013-01-10. https://runeberg.org/nfbr/0730.html ↩

10. American consul in Göteborg. - "American consul in Göteborg". The Swedish Pioneer Historical Quarterly. Swedish Pioneer Historical Society.: 6 1967. Retrieved 2013-01-10. https://books.google.com/books?id=RUjjAAAAMAAJ ↩