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Patrick Murdoch

Biography


Birth: n/a
Death: 1774

Author, publisher and mathematician who published a biography of poet James Thomson (1700-1748, author of Rule Britannia), and also a publisher of An account of Sir Isaac Newton's philosophical discoveries by Colin MacLaurin (d. 1746).

Life with James Boswell

Boswell met Murdoch at Dr. John Pringle's house in London on November 21, 1762.

Recommended literature

Murdoch wrote a biography of James Thomson (1700-1748), which has been prefixed to some editions of "The Works of Mr. James Thomson" and "The Seasons, Hymns, Odes, and Songs, of James Thomson", both available via AbeBooks.


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Patrick Murdoch is mentioned in:

  • London Journal 1762-1763

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