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Murdoch's parents were John Murdoch, a teacher and session clark in Auchinleck, [4] and Margaret Robinson. The family lived in Ayr's Sandgate in a two-storey house, long demolished, but marked with a plaque. [2] [5] He was a member of the Dumfries Volunteers, serving as a first lieutenant. [6] In 1800 he was a collector of cess for Dumfrieshire ...
The neighboring Bello Mill Cottage is famous for being the birthplace of William Murdoch, who was born in 1754. Murdoch invented gas lighting and did experiments on steam engines in the nearby Murdoch's Cave. Murdoch's father John Murdoch was tenant and millwright at Bello Mill, which he had taken over in 1754.
John Murdoch may refer to: John Murdoch (teacher) (1747–1824), friend and tutor to Robert Burns; John Smith Murdoch (1862–1945), chief architect of the Commonwealth of Australia; John Murdoch (athlete) (1885–1939), Canadian Olympic athlete; John Murdoch (bishop) (1796–1865), Roman Catholic Vicar Apostolic for Western Scotland
Murdoch's Cave, [1] is a relatively small artificial cave [2] created by William Murdoch (1754-1839) and his siblings in the soft red sandstone Lugar river bank cliff just upstream of the old Bellow Mill close to the confluence of the Bellow or Bello Water and the Glenmuir Water in Lugar, East Ayrshire, Scotland. The spelling 'Bellow' is used ...
Pages in category "People from Ayr" The following 82 pages are in this category, out of 82 total. ... John Murdoch (teacher) David Murray (Scottish businessman) N.
The facility had its origins in an establishment known as the Ayr, Newton and Wallacetown Dispensary which opened in 1817 and was replaced by a hospital in Mill Street in 1844. [1] It moved to purpose-built facilities in Holmston Road, designed by John Murdoch (1825-1907), [2] in 1882. [1] It joined the National Health Service in 1948. [1]
John Murdoch’s face allegedly caught fire while he was undergoing surgery for his tongue cancer, a lawsuit claims. Courtesy of the Murdoch family. Toni filed suit against the hospital, Dr. Adam ...
Robert Aiken was one of Robert Burns's closest friends and greatest admirers. [1] He was born in 1739 in Ayr, Scotland.His father John Aiken, was a sea captain who owned his own ships [2] and his mother was Sarah Dalrymple, distantly related to the Dalrymples of Stair. [2]