GB 0402 GWM - MURRAY, George William Walsh (1885-1966)

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GB 0402 GWM

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MURRAY, George William Walsh (1885-1966)

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  • 1943-1966 (Creación)

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1 box and 6 files

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Born, 1885; educated, Westminster School; Joined Survey of Egypt, 1907; conducted many survey expeditions in the deserts of Egypt; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1907-1966; Political Officer, Northern Red Sea Patrol, 1915; served with 7th Field Survey Coy RE in Sinai and Palestine, 1916-1919; Captain, 1918; Director, Desert Surveys, 1932-1937; Director, Topographical Survey, 1937-1947; Technical Expert, Survey of Egypt, 1948-1951; Member Council Fuad I Desert Institute, 1950; Founder's Medal Royal Geographical Society, 1936; President, Cairo Scientific Society, 1936-1938; Membre de l'Institut d'Egypte, 1938 (Vice-President, 1946-1947); died, 1966.

Publications: Sons of Ishmæl, 1935

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GB 0402 GWM 1943-1966 Collection level 1 box and 6 files Murray , George William Walsh , 1885-1966 , surveyor and author

Born, 1885; educated, Westminster School; Joined Survey of Egypt, 1907; conducted many survey expeditions in the deserts of Egypt; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1907-1966; Political Officer, Northern Red Sea Patrol, 1915; served with 7th Field Survey Coy RE in Sinai and Palestine, 1916-1919; Captain, 1918; Director, Desert Surveys, 1932-1937; Director, Topographical Survey, 1937-1947; Technical Expert, Survey of Egypt, 1948-1951; Member Council Fuad I Desert Institute, 1950; Founder's Medal Royal Geographical Society, 1936; President, Cairo Scientific Society, 1936-1938; Membre de l'Institut d'Egypte, 1938 (Vice-President, 1946-1947); died, 1966.

Publications: Sons of Ishmæl, 1935

Received from the family, 1971 and 1975.

Papers of George Murray, 1943-1966, including correspondence and other papers relating to North Africa and SW Asia; correspondence, 1963-1966, with R Bagnold, Miss Caton-Thompson, C H Gimingham, Walter F E Resch, and others and typescripts of some published works and some annotated offprints chiefly concerned with the morphology of the desert.

Accessed via the Foyle Reading Room. Free of charge for Fellows, Members and those with valid academic identification. All other users pay a charge and must bring identification in order to register on arrival.

Photocopying at the discretion of the Archivist and subject to completion of 'application for copies' form. No reproduction or publication without permission of the RGS-IBG Archivist.

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Detailed catalogue available in the Foyle reading room.

Prepared by an Archives volunteer using existing finding aids. Revised by Sarah Drewery. Sources: Who's Who

ISAD(G) ed.2, name authority NRA.

25 October 2001; Oct 2008. Gimingham , Charles Henry , b 1923 , botanist Murray , George William Walsh , 1885-1966 , surveyor and author Bagnold , Ralph Alger , 1896-1990 , Brigadier , geophysicist Thompson , Gertrude Caton- , 1888-1985 , anthropologist and egyptologist Desert science North Africa Asia

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Received from the family, 1971 and 1975.

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Papers of George Murray, 1943-1966, including correspondence and other papers relating to North Africa and SW Asia; correspondence, 1963-1966, with R Bagnold, Miss Caton-Thompson, C H Gimingham, Walter F E Resch, and others and typescripts of some published works and some annotated offprints chiefly concerned with the morphology of the desert.

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Accessed via the Foyle Reading Room. Free of charge for Fellows, Members and those with valid academic identification. All other users pay a charge and must bring identification in order to register on arrival.

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Photocopying at the discretion of the Archivist and subject to completion of 'application for copies' form. No reproduction or publication without permission of the RGS-IBG Archivist.

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  • inglés

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  • latín

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English

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Detailed catalogue available in the Foyle reading room.

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Royal Geographical Society

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ISAD(G) ed.2, name authority NRA.

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