“ MURRAY, SIR JOHN (1841– ) , British geographer and naturalist, was born at Coburg, Ontario, Canada, on the 3rd of March 1841, and after some years' local schooling studied in Scotland and on the Continent. He was then engaged for some years in natural history work at Bridge of Allan. In 1868 he visited Spitsbergen on a Whaler, and in 1872, when the voyage of the “Challenger” was projected, he was appointed one of the naturalists to the expedition. ”