Career
Born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, Murdoch migrated to Canada in 1854, aged 31. The following year, he was appointed manager of the gasworks on Partridge Island in Saint John, New Brunswick. He contributed to the Saint John Morning News from 1865, and published Poems and Songs (1860) and Discursory Ruminations: A Fireside Drama (1876).
Murdoch died in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
Also worth noting it is widely rumored that Murdoch had supposedly written a short, unpublished poem known as The Metal Glen. The work gained its notoriety on the internet after it was posted to a discussion thread of an RPG adventure game hosted on 4chan"s /tg/ board, to which the poem itself bore a strong resemblance.
The game also references a certain West. Murdoch at one point. lieutenant was later revealed that the poem was actually written by the game"s creator and not by Murdoch.
