Richard Paget Murray

Richard Paget Murray (1842, Isle of Man – 1908, Shapwick, Dorset, Dorset) was an English clergyman, botanist and lepidopterist.

His herbarium contained plants from Ireland, the Canary Islands, Mauritius, Portugal, France, the Alps and the Dolomites. Specimens dispersed after his death are held by several institutions including the Natural History Museum (London) and Kew Gardens.

He was a Fellow of the Linnean Society.

Works

The standard author abbreviation R.P.Murray is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[1]

partial list

Murray, Rev. R. P., 1873. Descriptions of new Species of Exotic Rhopalocera. Ent. mon. Mag. 10: 107–108.
Murray, Rev. R. P., 1873. Description of a new Japanese species of Lycaena, and change of name of L. cassioides Murray. Ent. mon. Mag.. 10: 126.
Murray, Rev. R. P., 1874a. Descriptions of some new species belonging to the genus Lycaena. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 22(4): 523–529, 1 pl.
Murray, Rev. R. P., 1874b. Some notes on Japanese butterflies with descriptions of new genera and species. Ent. mon. Mag. 11:166–172.
paper in the Journal of Botany, British and Foreign.

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Ray Desmond, 1994 Dictionary Of British And Irish Botanists And Horticulturists Including plant collectors, flower painters and garden designers London ; Bristol, PA : Taylor & Francis ; London : Natural History Museum, 1994. ISBN 978-0850668438

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