Murray Macgregor

George Murray Macgregor FRSE (21 January 1884 – 21 January 1966) was a Scottish geologist. He was described as "Scotland's most eminent coalfield geologist."[1]

Macgregor in 1914

Life

Macgregor was born in Glasgow to Agnes Murray and George Macgregor.[2] He studied at the University of Glasgow graduating in 1908 with a MA BSc. He joined HM Geological Survey and worked there for his entire career. In 1921, he succeeded L. W. Hinxman as District Geologist for the Scottish coalfields.[3] In 1922, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were John Horne, Ben Peach, Thomas James Jehu, and Robert Campbell.[4] In 1925, he became Assistant Director for Scotland. The University of Glasgow awarded him an honorary doctorate (DSc) in 1931.

In 1926 he succeeded George Walter Tyrrell as President of the Geological Society of Glasgow. He was succeeded in turn by James Ernest Richey.[5]

He won the Clough Medal in 1945.[6]

He retired in the autumn of 1945 and was succeeded at the HM Geological Survey by Talbot Whitehead.[7] He died in Glasgow on 21 January 1966. He did not marry and had no children.

References
  1. "Murray Macgregor | Pioneers of the British Geological Survey | British Geoscientists | Discovering geology | British Geological Survey (BGS)". bgs.ac.uk. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  2. "1884 MACGREGOR, GEORGE MURRAY (Statutory registers Births 644/9 177)". Scotland's People. National Records of Scotland and the Court of the Lord Lyon.
  3. "Geological Survey (Scottish Office) Dr. Murray Macgregor". Nature. 156 (3973): 743. 1945. Bibcode:1945Natur.156Q.743.. doi:10.1038/156743a0. S2CID 30410445.
  4. Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  5. "Society Presidents". Geological Society of Glasgow. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  6. "Edinburgh Geological Society". edinburghgeolsoc.org. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  7. "Geological Survey (Scottish Office) Mr. T. H. Whitehead". Nature. 156 (3973): 743. 1945. Bibcode:1945Natur.156R.743.. doi:10.1038/156743b0.


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