Richard Murray (mathematician)

{{Short description|Irish mathematician and academic}}

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| name = Richard Murray

| image = Richard Murray by William Cuming.jpg

| caption = Provost Richard Murray by William Cuming.

| order = 22nd

| office = Provost of Trinity College Dublin

| term_start = 30 July 1795

| term_end = 2 March 1799

| predecessor = John Hely-Hutchinson

| successor = John Kearney

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1725|9|15|df=y}}

| birth_place = County Down, Ireland

| death_date = {{death date and age|1799|3|2|1725|9|15|df=y}}

| death_place = Dublin, Ireland

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| children =

| education =

| alma_mater = Trinity College Dublin
(B.A., 1747; M.A., 1750; B.D., 1759; D.D., 1762)

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Richard Murray (15 September 1725 – 2 March 1799) was an Irish mathematician and academic who served as the 22nd Provost of Trinity College Dublin from 1795 to 1799. His whole career was Trinity College Dublin, having also served as Erasmus Smith's Professor of Mathematics from 1764 to 1795.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