Murray Macgregor
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George Murray Macgregor FRSE (21 January 1884 – 21 January 1966) was a Scottish geologist. He was described as "Scotland's most eminent coalfield geologist."{{cite web|url=http://www.bgs.ac.uk/discoveringGeology/geologyOfBritain/archives/pioneers/pioneers.cfc?method=viewRecord&personId=233|title=Murray Macgregor | Pioneers of the British Geological Survey | British Geoscientists | Discovering geology | British Geological Survey (BGS)|website=bgs.ac.uk|accessdate=2018-04-09}}
Life
Macgregor was born in Glasgow to Agnes Murray and George Macgregor.{{cite web|title=1884 MACGREGOR, GEORGE MURRAY (Statutory registers Births 644/9 177)|url=https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/view-image/nrs_stat_births/42273813?return_row=1|website=Scotland's People|publisher=National Records of Scotland and the Court of the Lord Lyon|url-access=subscription}} 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.{{cite journal|title=Geological Survey (Scottish Office) Dr. Murray Macgregor|journal=Nature|year=1945|volume=156|issue=3973|page=743|doi=10.1038/156743a0|bibcode=1945Natur.156Q.743.|s2cid=30410445|doi-access=free}} 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.{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0-902-198-84-X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf|access-date=2017-07-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074135/https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=dead}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.geologyglasgow.org.uk/about_us/society-presidents/|title=Society Presidents|publisher=Geological Society of Glasgow|accessdate=2020-01-12}}
He was awarded the Murchison Medal of the Geological Society of London in 1941, and he won the Clough Medal in 1945.{{cite web|url=http://www.edinburghgeolsoc.org/edingeologist/z_40_05.html|website=edinburghgeolsoc.org|title=Edinburgh Geological Society|accessdate=2018-04-09}}https://geologyglasgow.org.uk/docs/017_070__macgregor_pgsg_1967_108_1472317424.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=August 2024}}
He retired in the autumn of 1945 and was succeeded at the HM Geological Survey by Talbot Whitehead.{{cite journal|title=Geological Survey (Scottish Office) Mr. T. H. Whitehead|journal=Nature|volume=156|page=743|year=1945|issue=3973|doi=10.1038/156743b0|bibcode=1945Natur.156R.743.|doi-access=free}} He died in Glasgow on 21 January 1966. He did not marry and had no children.
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