Biography of John Murdoch
Graduate Record for John Murdoch
Forename: John
Surname: Murdoch
Degree Information: LLD (1871)
Countries of Association: India
Further information from the University records:
Addison 1727-1897 reads: Agent in India for the London Christian Vernacular Education Society. 1842 14519 Joannes Murdoch fil nat tert Joannis Cauponis Glas. LLD 1871. 1)Portrait Painter; 2) Teacher in the Normal Seminary, Glasg; 3) Master of a Secondary School in Kandy, Ceylon; 4) Engaged in Christian Vernacular Work in Ceylon and Madras; 5) similarly engaged at Madras as Agent of the UP mission Board; 6) Agent in India for the London Christian Vernacular Education Society. Member of Senate of the University of Madras. Received from the Indian Government in Kaisar-i-Hind Gold Medal, 1904. Died at Madras, 10th Aug, 1904, aged 85.
Summary
John Murdoch
Born 1819.
Died 10 August 1904.
GU Degree: LLD, 1871;
University Link: LLD (1871) Alumnus, Graduate
Occupation categories: missionaries
Record last updated: 27th Aug 2013
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