Murray, James Alexander

Education

Student United College 1892-1893 Gk.; Lat.; Math. 1893-1894 Eng. Lit.; Hon. Gk.; Hon. Lat. 1894-1895 Log.; Inter. Hon. Math. 1895-1896 M. Phil. & Hon. M. Phil.; Hon. Log. Russell bursar, 1892. Bayne bursar, 1895. Gray prize, 1896.

Birth/childhood

Born 22.1.1877 eldest son of John Murray, Free Church minister at Dairsie and Elizabeth Jane Anderson. [Minister]

Attended Bell Baxter School, Cupar.

Career

Publication.

Death

Died while still a student 8.1.1898.

Sources

  • UYUC400:27.10.1891, 18 & 21.10.1892, 15.12.1892, 31.10.1895
  • UYUY452/22/39, 281
  • Births Reg. Dairsie 1877/2
  • St Andrews Citizen 15.1.1898 p6
  • College Echoes 1897/98 p109
  • Posthumous collection of essays and verses. Privately printed, Dairsie, 1899
  • Monumental inscription St Andrews Cathedral burial ground