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David Murray was born on October 15, 1830, at Bovina, New York, the son of William Murray and Jean Black, both of Scotch extraction.
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David Murray was born on October 15, 1830, at Bovina, New York, the son of William Murray and Jean Black, both of Scotch extraction.
After obtaining his early education at Delaware Academy, Delhi, and Fergusonville Academy, he entered the sophomore class of Union College. He graduated in 1852 from Union College.
From 1852 to 1863 Murray was connected with Albany Academy (New York) as teacher and principal. He then went to Rutgers College as professor of mathematics and astronomy for a decade (1863 - 1873). During that period, according to the testimony of a pupil, he was able to make his courses seem so valuable that several students elected to study calculus "because we wished to study under our favorite professor. "
In 1873 he was invited by the Japanese government to become superintendent of educational affairs and adviser to the minister of education.
For six years (1873 - 79), he rendered good services in the establishment of a universal educational system, largely along American lines. Particularly valuable was his work in laying the foundations for women's education. During this engagement, Murray was appointed a commissioner to the Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia; he also assisted in the collection of materials for a Tokyo educational museum. His Outline History of Japanese Education (1876) was the first official presentation abroad of that subject. He devoted himself also to arousing public sentiment in favor of returning to Japan America's share ($750, 000) of the Shimonoseki Indemnity Fund, and he lived to see the fruition of his efforts (1883).
Soon after his return to America Murray became secretary of the board of regents of the University of the State of New York and served from 1880 to 1889 in this capacity, displaying marked administrative ability. He was also author of a history of the board of regents.
In 1889, on account of ill health, he retired to private life in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and engaged chiefly in literary labors, of which a History of Education in New Jersey (United States Bureau of Education, 1899), and the volume on Japan in the Story of the Nations Series (1894; revised edition, 1906), were notable results.
When the centenary of the establishment of Delaware County was celebrated in 1897, he was the editor and one of the authors of Delaware County, New York: History of the Century, 1797-1897 (1898), and he prepared a paper, "The Antirent Episode in the State of New York, " which was published in the American Historical Association Annual Report for 1896 (vol. I, 1897).
In his later years he was a trustee of Rutgers College and secretary of the board, and was officially connected with New Brunswick Theological Seminary and Wells Memorial Hospital. He died on March 6, 1905, in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
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In 1867, David Murray married Martha Neilson.