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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 ...
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
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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 (Scottish Gaelic: Iain MacMhuirich) (15 January 1818 – 29 January 1903) was a Scottish newspaper owner and editor and land reform campaigner who played a significant part in the campaign for crofters rights in the late 19th century.
Burns Cottage is the birthplace of Robert Burns, Scotland's national poet (or "bard"), who was born at the cottage on 25 January 1759.It is located in Alloway, a current suburb of Ayr, and a former village, located in South Ayrshire, Scotland.
William Burnes or William Burness (11 November 1721 – 13 February 1784) was the father of the poet Robert Burns.He was born at either Upper Kinmonth [1] or Clochnahill Farm, Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, and trained as a gardener at Inverugie Castle, Aberdeenshire, before moving to Ayrshire and becoming a tenant farmer.