Richard Paget Murray (1842,

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– 1908, Shapwick, Dorset) was an English

clergyman Clergy are formal leaders within established religions. Their roles and functions vary in different religious traditions, but usually involve presiding over specific rituals and teaching their religion's doctrines and practices. Some of the ter ...

botanist Botany, also called plant science, is the branch of natural science and biology studying plants, especially Plant anatomy, their anatomy, Plant taxonomy, taxonomy, and Plant ecology, ecology. A botanist or plant scientist is a scientist who s ...

and

lepidopterist Lepidopterology ()) is a branch of entomology concerning the scientific study of moths and the two superfamilies of butterflies. Someone who studies in this field is a lepidopterist or, archaically, an aurelian. Origins Post-Renaissance, the r ...

. After secondary education at

King William's College King William's College () is a co-educational Private schools in the United Kingdom, private school for pupils aged 3 to 18 near Castletown, Isle of Man, Castletown on the Isle of Man. It is a member of the International Baccalaureate and Hea ...

, he matriculated in 1864 at

Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Corpus Christi College (full name: "The College of Corpus Christi and the Blessed Virgin Mary", often shortened to "Corpus") is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge. From the late 14th c ...

. There he graduated with a B.A. in 1868 and an M.A. in 1871. He was ordained a

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in 1868 and a priest in 1869. His

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contained plants from

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, the

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, the

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and the

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. With Edward Francis Linton, William Richardson Linton and William Moyle Rogers he issued the

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series ''British Rubi, in dried specimens''. Specimens dispersed after his death are held by several institutions including the Natural History Museum (London) and

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. He was elected a Fellow of the

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in 1882.

Works

Arthur Cayley Arthur Cayley (; 16 August 1821 – 26 January 1895) was a British mathematician who worked mostly on algebra. He helped found the modern British school of pure mathematics, and was a professor at Trinity College, Cambridge for 35 years. He ...

partial list *Murray, Rev. R. P., 1873. Descriptions of new Species of Exotic Rhopalocera. ''Ent. mon. Mag.'' 10: 107–108. *Murray, Rev. R. P., 1873. Description of a new Japanese species of Lycaena, and change of name of L. cassioides Murray. ''Ent. mon. Mag.''. 10: 126. *Murray, Rev. R. P., 1874a. Descriptions of some new species belonging to the genus Lycaena. ''Trans. ent. Soc. Lond.'' 22(4): 523–529, 1 pl. *Murray, Rev. R. P., 1874b. Some notes on Japanese butterflies with descriptions of new genera and species. ''Ent. mon. Mag.'' 11:166–172. *paper in the '' Journal of Botany, British and Foreign''.

References

*Ray Desmond, 1994 ''Dictionary Of British And Irish Botanists And Horticulturists Including plant collectors, flower painters and garden designers'' London; Bristol, PA : Taylor & Francis; London : Natural History Museum, 1994. 1842 births 1908 deaths People educated at King William's College Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge English lepidopterists Fellows of the Linnean Society of London English botanists {{UK-entomologist-stub