William Mure

William Mure

William Mure (1799 – 1860) was a Scottish scholar and politician.

The Laird of Caldwell, North Ayrshire, Scotland, he was educated at Westminster School, London, England; University of Edinburgh, Scotland; and Bonn, Germany. He sat in Parliament as member for Renfrewshire 1846-55.

He was a sound classical scholar, and published "A Critical History of the Language and Literature of Ancient Greece" in five volumes between 1850 and 1857). He held the view that the "Iliad" and "Odyssey" are now substantially as they were originally composed. Mure was Rector of the University of Glasgow 1847-48.

Mure is buried in the parish church of Neilston.

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* [http://www.burkes-peerage.net/sites/common/sitepages/page13b-may.asp From Caldwell to Tasmania]


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