Background
Murray, Nicholas was born on December 25, 1802 in Westmeath County, Ireland.
anthropologist archaeologist author
Murray, Nicholas was born on December 25, 1802 in Westmeath County, Ireland.
Graduate Williams College, 1826, Princeton Theological
In 1818, he emigrated to the United States, becoming an apprentice printer with Harper Brothers. Murray wrote extensively of his travels and on archaeology, which was an abiding interest. An occasional pseudonym was Kirwan.
He died and was buried in Elizabeth, New Jersey in 1861.