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Murray was born in Aberdeen and studied at The Glasgow School of Art for three years. He served with the ‘White Army’ in Russia from 1918-1920, joining a diverse group of counter-revolutionary forces who fought against the Bolsheviks. On his return to Glasgow, Murray won the Prix de Rome for etching and studied at the British School in Rome from 1922-1925. He travelled extensively in Europe but came back to Glasgow in 1926 to teach engraving at the School of Art (he taught ood engraving 1926/27, colour book printing 1927/28, metal engraving 1930/31, etching 1931/32), and later lived in Leeds and Middlesex. Died 17 March 1954 in London. There was a Memorial exhibition at Temple Newsam, Leeds, 1955.