John Murray
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Standard Name: Murray, John,, 1737 - 1793
Used Form: John McMurray
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Publishing | Elizabeth Sarah Gooch | She may have used two successive publishers. The Critical Review said the publisher was William Lane
of the Minerva Press
, but the bibliographer Peter Garside
and his associates record a copy published by S. Highley |
| Residence | Anna Brownell Jameson | In 1802 the family moved on from Whitehaven to Newcastle upon Tyne (where they lived over the shop of Mr Miller, the bookseller and publisher whose company was the precursor of the firm of John Murray |
Timeline
By 16 October 1768: The long-lived publishing house of John Murray...
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By 16 October 1768
The long-lived publishing house of John Murray
was founded, after John Murray I
, born John McMurray, came south to London from Edinburgh; it survived until May 2002.
21 February 1774: The House of Lords decision Donaldson vs....
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21 February 1774
The House of Lords
decision Donaldson vs. Becket put an end to the legality (based in common law) of perpetual copyright. The case was provoked by the pirating activities of Alexander Donaldson
.
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