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Type Description Contributor Date
Anniversary information added. Mar 12, 2026
Anniversary information added. Feb 27, 2026
First paragraph modernization. Mar 28, 2024
Changed nationality from Scots to Scottish-Canadian. Feb 24, 2010
Media added. Dec 16, 2009
Added new Web site: Chrono-Biographical Sketches - Sir John Murray. Dec 06, 2007
Added new Web site: Ocean Explorer - The State of Ocean Science - An Essay by Sir John Murray. Dec 06, 2007
Added new Web site: School of GeoSciences - Sir John Murray. Dec 06, 2007
Article revised. May 11, 2001
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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