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  1. Mar 28, 2024 · Sir John Murray (born March 3, 1841, Cobourg, Ont., Can.—died March 16, 1914, near Kirkliston, West Lothian [now in Edinburgh], Scot.) was a Scottish Canadian naturalist and one of the founders of oceanography, whose particular interests were ocean basins, deep-sea deposits, and coral-reef formation. In 1868 Murray began collecting marine ...

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  2. Sir John Murray KCB FRS FRSE FRSGS (3 March 1841 – 16 March 1914) was a pioneering Canadian-born British oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist. He is considered to be the father of modern oceanography.

  3. Mar 3, 2020 · John Murray (1841 – 1914) On March 3, 1841, pioneering Scottish oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist Sir John Murray was born. As one of its founders, coined the name oceanography. He studied ocean basins, deep-sea deposits, and coral-reef formation.

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  5. Marine scientist and oceanographer. John Murray was born at Cobourg, Ontario on 3 March 1841, the son of Robert Murray and Elizabeth Macfarlane. When he was seventeen he moved to Scotland,...

  6. Apr 13, 2008 · His 1888 estimates of proportions of various depths of ocean floor still generally hold. He was knighted in 1898. Sir John Murray, oceanographer (b at Cobourg, Canada W 3 Mar 1841; d at Kirkliston, Scot 16 Mar 1914). At 17, Murray moved to Scotland, the ocean voyage inspiri...

  7. Jun 27, 2018 · Murray, John (1841–1914) A Canadian-born biologist and oceanographer, Murray did most of his work in Britain. He was leader of the Challenger expedition and took part in other oceanographic investigations.

  8. May 20, 2024 · Overview. Sir John Murray. (1841—1914) marine scientist and oceanographer. Quick Reference. (1841–1914) Canadian by birth, John Murray attended the University of Edinburgh, where his inclination to oceanography was aroused. His first seagoing work in 1868 took him as far north as ... From: Murray, Sir John in The Oxford Companion to the Earth »

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