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  John Murray (publisher) - tScholars.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
John Murray is a British publishing house, renowned for the roster of authors it has published in its history, including Jane Austen, Lord Byron and Charles Darwin.
He was succeeded by his son, John Murray (2), who formed the publishing house into one of the most important and influential in Britain.
Murray participated in one of the most notorious acts in the annals of literature, on 17 May 1824.
www.tscholars.com /encyclopedia/John_Murray_(publisher)   (581 words)

  
 John Murray - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Murray (publisher), London publishing house of Jane Austen, Lord Byron and Charles Darwin, associated with seven generations of John Murrays.
John Murray (photographer) (1809 - 1892) Scottish photographer and physician, active in India.
John Murray (theologian), 1898-1975, Calvinist theologian, Presbyterian minister, professor at Princeton Seminary, and Westminster Theological Seminary.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Murray   (402 words)

  
 UI Libraries: John Murray-croker   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
John Murray II (1778-1843), was the second proprietor of John Murray publishing house.
It was Murray who, after paying two thousand pounds for Byron's autobiography, to be published posthumously, deemed that it would damage Byron's reputation, and burned it in the fireplace of the drawing room at the publishing house at 50 Albemarle Street on May 17, 1824.
During Murray's time at the helm of John Murray publishing house, the pattern of patronage of an author by a wealthy benefactor gradually gave way to a relationship between an author and his commercial publisher.
www.lib.uiowa.edu /spec-coll/bookcolls/leighhunt/murray-croker.htm   (3220 words)

  
 John Murray - Independent Northern Publishers
John Murray's revelatory new novel is the ideal read for all those interested in the cosmopolitan music scene and the Eternal Triangle.
John Dory was shortlisted for the Lakeland Book of the Year, and won the creative category, the first novel to receive such an award in the 19 years of the Awards.
Hailed by the critics as a comic tour de force, John Murray's riotously tall tale (or is it?) about Chernobyl, Sellafield, valve radios and Morocco is reissued to coincide with the publication of his satellite TV fantasy, Murphy's Favourite Channels.
www.northernpublishers.co.uk /authors/John_Murray   (255 words)

  
 The Scotsman - S2 - A collected brilliance
John Murray was the last, oldest and most distinguished of the independent publishers in the world.
John Murray is keen to set up a charitable trust to conserve, catalogue and maintain public access to the material.
And in a curious twist of the past, it was the first John Murray who acted as the library’s agent in the 1770s.
thescotsman.scotsman.com /s2.cfm?id=268952003   (1699 words)

  
 Murray   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Murray; the first of my hearers who have not relished the poem."(1) Murray's response to the poem is telling of his future attitude toward "Christabel" and Coleridge.
Murray and Coleridge met in the third week of April 1816 to discuss plans for printing "Christabel." Murray had by this time heard Walter Scott recite "Christabel" in June 1815 and did briefly possess a manuscript of Coleridge's poem.
Murray expressed himself in such words, as led me, nervous and imperfectly recovered as I was, to suppose that he had no pleasure in this connection.
users.ox.ac.uk /~scat0385/ckw/murrayj.htm   (1186 words)

  
 Media Release - John Murray Archive - News - National Library of Scotland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Murray publishing family, which is based in London, owns the archive but the current head of the family, John Murray VII, wants the Collection to be placed in the National Library of Scotland because of the strong Scottish content and the fact that John Murray I was born in Edinburgh.
The firm of John Murray was one of the greatest and perhaps the most influential of all British publishing houses, with an unrivalled list of authors.
The balance will go into the John R Murray Charitable Trust and a key purpose of this Trust will be to support the Archive whenever the need occurs such as for future conservation or the purchase of items that relate to the Collection.
www.nls.uk /news/press/murray060404.html   (997 words)

  
 John Murray (publisher) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He was a friend of many leading writers of the day and launched Quarterly Review in 1809.
His successor Sir John Murray (4) (1851–1928) was publisher to Queen Victoria.
John Murray the elder was one of the founding sponsors of the London evening newspaper The Star in 1788.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Murray_(publisher)   (511 words)

  
 Workshop: John Murray
This workshop, with practical advice on novel-writing from Booker-longlisted author John Murray was a must for anyone struggling through their first novel (or are about to embark on one): a fantastic opportunity to meet and ask questions of the author of some of the most exuberant novels published in the UK in recent years, including
John Murray used his two-hour slot to maximum effect, subjecting his shivering co-conspirators to two intense and challenging writing exercises, the first collaborative, the second solo.
John seems to have a knack of achieving maximum output for his participants with minimal input from himself, a great gift.
www.literaturefestival.co.uk /2004/murray.html   (378 words)

  
 John B. Murray - Australian Filmmaker & Author
John B. Murray writes with yogic detachment to interpret India through the lens of his own spiritual experience, probing its culture and the essence of Hindu, Buddhist and Christian thought in a manner that bridges the divide between East and West.
The narrative is punctuated with anecdotes that delight the reader - an encounter with Aung San Suu Kyi and her husband in Ladakh in the 1970s, and an interview with Bhagwan Sri Rajneesh before he became an international phenomenon come to mind.
John Murray has been a key figure in the renaissance of the Australian feature film industry.
www.johnbmurray.net   (373 words)

  
 John Courtney Murray
When it was published in 1960, Time magazine ran a feature article and also put Murray's picture on the cover as "unquestionably the intellectual bellwether of this new Catholic and American frontier" of building the city.
Indeed, Dr. Murray was awarded the Thomas Jefferson Award for Conspicuous Service in the Cause of Religious Liberty in 1965.
On this occasion, this relevant reverend who is acknowledged as the chief architect of the historic Vatican Declaration on Religious Freedom, said the purpose of human living together is that we may be released from slaveries and emerge into the freedom that is the human birthright.
www.harvardsquarelibrary.org /reverend/07murray.htm   (137 words)

  
 Noted British publisher to discuss Byron Oct. 25
Murray is the seventh of this name to head the 234-year-old John Murray Publishers Ltd., in London.
John Murray II (1778-1843) was the publisher of Lord Byron.
He succeeded his father (John Murray VI) as chairman in 1990 and is known for his extensive knowledge of all aspects of publishing and the book trade and his dedication to the company philosophy that authors always come first.
www.udel.edu /PR/UDaily/01-02/marchband101702.html   (538 words)

  
 The Waterbury Observer
The Observer is published every month in a format that allows us to photograph and write feature stories that look and read like magazine journalism.
The Observer was launched in 1993 by Martin Begnal and John Murray.
Murray began his journalism career photographing commercial fishing boats in southeast Alaska.
www.waterburyobserver.com /about   (321 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Christian Baptism: Books: John Murray   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Prof Murray lays out a careful and quite biblical exposition of the classic reformed view on baptism which includes not only converts, but the children of converts as well.
Murray also discusses the difficulty of immersion in the first century situation, Johannic baptism, and exegetes the major texts around which the debate revolves.
Second of all, John Murray's arguments are very verbose and miss applied/ circular logic making it hard to read at times.
www.amazon.com /Christian-Baptism-John-Murray/dp/0875523439   (1341 words)

  
 Radio Activity by Murray, John - £8.99 - Buy direct from the publisher
John Murray's riotously tall tale (or is it?) about Chernobyl, Sellafield, valve radios and Morocco is reissued to coincide with the publication of his satellite TV fantasy, Murphy's Favourite Channels.
Read together, they provide a highly original not to say hilarious critique of the modern media and their unnerving effect on contemporary society.
John Murray was born in West Cumbria and now lives with his wife and daughter in Brampton, near Carlisle.
www.inpressbooks.co.uk /i013357.aspx   (219 words)

  
 John Keefe Books on Amazon.com
John Keefe made his Major League debut on 04-28-1890 with the Syracuse Stars.
Did you know that Baseball Almanac is attempting to catalog every ballplayer who has appeared on a Baseball Digest Cover since the magazine was first published in August 1942 when major league games were confined to the eastern and midwestern regions of the country?
The most prestigious award an author of a baseball book could hope for would be the Seymour Medal Award.
www.baseball-almanac.com /books/index.php?p=keefejo01   (352 words)

  
 "Smart Tennis" Book is Proclaimed Overall Best-Seller in 12 Year History of First Online Tennis Site and ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Murray (who clearly has needed some help in that area) quipped that he threw the book in the dumpster.
In fact, the author whom he met was former Tennis Server writer Dr. John Murray (same last name but no relation), and the book he was given was Smart Tennis, which has been the overall top selling tennis book from the Tennis Server bookstore over the past 12 years.
Andy's mom Judy Murray later wrote to Dr. John telling him that Andy had kept the book as was in fact taking it seriously.
www.prweb.com /releases/tennis/books/prweb440498.htm   (984 words)

  
 Hemans's Letters - _The Sceptic_: A Hemans-Byron Dialogue - Electronic Editions - Romantic Circles
Should it be in any way inconvenient to you to favour me with your opinion of the poetry in writing, Mr Murray will, I am sure, communicate it to me; and I would also request that the specimen may be shewn to him, as I am anxious to receive his answer on the subject.
Romantic Circles / Electronic Editions / The Sceptic / Literary and Historical Context / Letters from Hemans to her publisher
Romantic Circles is published by the University of Maryland.
www.rc.umd.edu /editions/sceptic/hemansletters.html   (207 words)

  
 John S Murray Photography Home Page © John S Murray
John S Murray Photography Home Page © John S Murray
All photographs appearing in this website are the property of John S. Murray and are protected under United States and International copyright laws.
No part of this website may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording by an information storage and retreival system without the written permission of John S. Murray.
www.johnsmurray.com   (79 words)

  
 AddALL.com - browse and compare book price: John Murray
Publisher: Presbyterian and Reformed Pub Co - Published Date: 06/01/1980 - Paperback
Publisher: Presbyterian and Reformed Pub Co - Published Date: 12/01/1987 - Paperback
Publisher: Presbyterian and Reformed Pub Co - Published Date: 06/01/1961 - Paperback
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 George Eastman House Hill & Adamson Series
INSCRIPTION: mount recto-(in pencil) "John Murray, publisher" "37"
John Murray (1808-92) was the publisher of David Livingstone and Charles Darwin.
Copyright © 2002 George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
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 The Island Walkers by John Bemrose
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Written with remarkable understanding and perception, it reveals a writer of rare vision and accomplishment.
Used availability for John Bemrose's The Island Walkers
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Publisher: Abdo Pub Co - Published Date: 09/01/2005 - Hardcover
Publisher: Univ of New Mexico Pr - Published Date: 05/01/1988 - Paperback
Publisher: Diane Pub Co - Published Date: 06/01/1991 - Hardcover
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 John Murray (1778-1843), Publisher
The friend and publisher of Byron, whose memoirs he allowed to be burned; his publishing house in Albemarle Street became the meeting place for many literary figures of the time.
by Edward Francis Finden, published by C. Tilt, after Henry William Pickersgill
National Portrait Gallery, St Martin's Place, London WC2H OHE.
www.npg.org.uk /live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp03237   (101 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
@BOOK{ricardo1, AUTHOR = {David Ricardo}, TITLE = {On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation}, PUBLISHER = {London: John Murray}, YEAR = {1817}, }
@BOOK{malthus1, AUTHOR = {Thomas Robert Malthus}, TITLE = {An Essay on the Principle of Population}, EDITION = {Sixth edition}, PUBLISHER = {London: John Murray}, YEAR = {1826}, }
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