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Murray, George William Welsh, son of George Robert Milne Murray, F.R.S., of Ealing, by Helen Jane Welsh; b. Sept. 9, 1885; adm. Sept. 30, 1897 (H); left July 1904; engaged on Survey of Egypt since Feb. 21, 1907; served in Great War I; political officer attached Northern Red Sea Patrol R.N. 1915; Capt. 7th Field Survey Co. R.E. Sinai and Palestine 1915-9; M.C. June 3, 1918 author of A Nubian-English Dictionary (1923); acting director, Egyptian Desert Surveys June 1, 1932; Founder's Medal, R.G.S., 1936; director, Topographical Survey of Egypt, 1937-47; technical adviser 1947-51; Membre de l'Institut d'Egypte 1938; m. July 22, 1926, Edith Agnes, daughter of William Douglas Cairney, of Glasgow; d. 1966.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from Play 1883 to Election 1960, Volume 3, compiled by J.B. Whitmore, G.R.Y. Radcliffe and D.C. Simpson, Barnet, 1963