Gilbert Murray
George Gilbert Aimé Murray OM FBA (2 January 1866 – 20 May 1957) was an Australian-born British classical scholar and public intellectual, who served as Regius Professor of Greek at the University of Oxford from 1908 to 1936. 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. …more
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Bernard Shaw's Plays: Major Barbara / Heartbreak House / Saint Joan / Too True to Be Good
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1970
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The Greek Heritage in Victorian Britain
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1981
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Gilbert Murray OM: 1866-1957
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1987
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