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Richard Paget Murray

Richard Paget Murray is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Richard Paget Murray rather than just read about it. In short: Richard Paget Murray (1842, Isle of Man – 1908, Shapwick, Dorset) was an English clergyman, botanist and lepidopterist. After secondary education at King William's College, he matriculated in 1864 at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

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Reference excerpt

Richard Paget Murray (1842, Isle of Man – 1908, Shapwick, Dorset) was an English clergyman, botanist and lepidopterist. After secondary education at King William's College, he matriculated in 1864 at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. There he graduated with a B.A. in 1868 and an M.A. in 1871. He was ordained a deacon in 1868 and a priest in 1869. His herbarium contained plants from Ireland, the Canary Islands, Mauritius, Portugal, France, the Alps and the Dolomites. With Edward Francis Linton, William Richardson Linton and William Moyle Rogers he issued the exsiccata series British Rubi, in dried specimens. Specimens dispersed after his death are held by several institutions including the Natural History Museum (London) and Kew Gardens. He was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society in 1882.

Works Arthur Cayley The standard author abbreviation R.P.Murray is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name. partial list

Murray, Rev. R. P., 1873. Descriptions of new Species of Exotic Rhopalocera. Ent. mon. Mag. 10: 107–108. Murray, Rev. R. P., 1873. Description of a new Japanese species of Lycaena, and change of name of L. cassioides Murray. Ent. mon. Mag.. 10: 126. Murray, Rev. R. P., 1874a. Descriptions of some new species belonging to the genus Lycaena. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 22(4): 523–529, 1 pl. Murray, Rev. R. P., 1874b. Some notes on Japanese butterflies with descriptions of new genera and species. Ent. mon. Mag. 11:166–172. paper in the Journal of Botany, British and Foreign.

References

Ray Desmond, 1994 Dictionary Of British And Irish Botanists And Horticulturists Including plant collectors, flower painters and garden designers London; Bristol, PA : Taylor & Francis; London : Natural History Museum, 1994. ISBN 978-0850668438

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Richard Paget Murray

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Richard Paget Murray ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Richard Paget Murray

In research: Richard Paget Murray appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Richard Paget Murray in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Richard Paget Murray is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1842 births, 1908 deaths, Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Richard Paget Murray outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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