Gilbert Murray
Gilbert Murray
George Gilbert Aimé Murray, OMwas an Australian-born British classical scholar and public intellectual, with connections in many spheres. He was an outstanding scholar of the language and culture of Ancient Greece, perhaps the leading authority in the first half of the twentieth century. He is the basis for the character of Adolphus Cusins in his friend George Bernard Shaw's play Major Barbara, and also appears as the chorus figure in Tony Harrison's play Fram...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionDiplomat
Date of Birth2 January 1866