He married his 1st wife Maggie Scott in 1861 she was a music teacher. Two years later, they had a daughter Anna, who died shortly after of tuberculosis, then known as consumption. Maggie, too, fell ill with the same disease, and on the advice of doctors, the couple moved to London to escape the Scottish winters. Once there, Murray took an administrative job with the Chartered Bank of India while continuing in his spare time to pursue his many and varied academic interests. Maggie died within a year of arrival in London. A year later Murray was engaged to Ada Agnes Ruthven and the following year married her.
Sir James and Ada Murray had 11 children and they all lived until adulthood.
Contributor: Shawn Page Larimore (47833931)
He married his 1st wife Maggie Scott in 1861 she was a music teacher. Two years later, they had a daughter Anna, who died shortly after of tuberculosis, then known as consumption. Maggie, too, fell ill with the same disease, and on the advice of doctors, the couple moved to London to escape the Scottish winters. Once there, Murray took an administrative job with the Chartered Bank of India while continuing in his spare time to pursue his many and varied academic interests. Maggie died within a year of arrival in London. A year later Murray was engaged to Ada Agnes Ruthven and the following year married her.
Sir James and Ada Murray had 11 children and they all lived until adulthood.
Contributor: Shawn Page Larimore (47833931)
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SIR JAMES A. H. MURRAY L. L. D.
EDITOR OF THE OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY
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