Richard Murray was born in County Down in 1725, to William Murray (merchant). He matriculated at Trinity College Dublin on 30 May 1743, aged 16, and was a Scholar there in 1745. He was awarded B.A. (1747), M.A. and Fellow (1750), B.D. (1759), and D.D. (1762).
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He was Donegall Lecturer in Mathematics (1762–1764), and then became the second Erasmus Smith's Professor of Mathematics (1764–1795). He was also a Librarian, was appointed Vice-Provost in 1782, and served as Provost from 1795 until his death.[2]
He is perhaps best remembered for his book Artis logicæ compendium (S. Hooper, 1773), "In usum juventutis collegii Dubliniensis", which was translated in 1852 by John Walker as Murray's Compendium of Logic.
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^Burtchaell, G. D., and Sadleir, T. U. (eds), Alumni Dublinensis : A Register of the Students, Graduates, Professors and Provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin, 1593–1860 (Dublin, 1935) page 608
^Richard Murray. Trinity College Dublin. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
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