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Desmond P. Murray
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'''Desmond P. Murray''' (August 21, 1887 - March 2, 1967) was a British [[Entomology|entomologist]] and writer.
Murray was born of Irish parents in [[London]].<ref name="Powell 1975">Powell, Martin; Cullinane, John P. (1975). ''Rev. D. P. Murray, Botanist''. ''[[The Irish Naturalists' Journal]]'' 18 (5): 160–161.</ref> He was educated at [[Oratory School]] and was an ordained priest in St. Edmunds College in 1911. He spent seven years in the ministry of St. Francis, London and joined the English Province of the [[Dominican Order]].<ref name="Powell 1975"/>
In 1924 he was sent to the Dominican Mission in South Africa in [[Witwatersrand]] at the [[Transvaal (province)|Transvaal Province]].<ref name="Powell 1975"/> He returned to England in 1928 and was stationed at Holy Cross, Leicester for 22 years.<ref name="Powell 1975"/> He was chaplain to a school at Avisford, [[Arundel]] (1950-1952) and a chaplain to [[St Martin's Catholic Voluntary Academy|Martin's Convent and school]] at [[Stoke Golding]].<ref name="Powell 1975"/>
Murray was Curator in Entomology at [[University of the Witwatersrand|Witwatersrand University]]. His collection of butterflies and moths are at the University Museum in Witwatersrand. He specialized on South African [[Lycaenidae]] and authored the book ''South African Butterflies'' in 1935.<ref></ref> Murray wrote ''Species Revalued'' in 1955. In this work he suggested that [[natural selection]] cannot fully account for the mechanism of evolution.<ref name="Powell 1975"/><ref></ref>
==Selected publications==
*[https://ift.tt/33c0lWB ''A Forgotten Saint''] (1923)
*''South African Butterflies'' (1935)
*''Species Revalued'' (1955)<ref></ref>
*''A Saint of the Week'' (1957)
*[https://ift.tt/38MqdcN ''The Life History of Nymphula Stagnata Donovan''] (1957)
==References==
[[Category:1887 births]]
[[Category:1967 deaths]]
[[Category:British entomologists]]
[[Category:Irish Dominicans]]
Murray was born of Irish parents in [[London]].<ref name="Powell 1975">Powell, Martin; Cullinane, John P. (1975). ''Rev. D. P. Murray, Botanist''. ''[[The Irish Naturalists' Journal]]'' 18 (5): 160–161.</ref> He was educated at [[Oratory School]] and was an ordained priest in St. Edmunds College in 1911. He spent seven years in the ministry of St. Francis, London and joined the English Province of the [[Dominican Order]].<ref name="Powell 1975"/>
In 1924 he was sent to the Dominican Mission in South Africa in [[Witwatersrand]] at the [[Transvaal (province)|Transvaal Province]].<ref name="Powell 1975"/> He returned to England in 1928 and was stationed at Holy Cross, Leicester for 22 years.<ref name="Powell 1975"/> He was chaplain to a school at Avisford, [[Arundel]] (1950-1952) and a chaplain to [[St Martin's Catholic Voluntary Academy|Martin's Convent and school]] at [[Stoke Golding]].<ref name="Powell 1975"/>
Murray was Curator in Entomology at [[University of the Witwatersrand|Witwatersrand University]]. His collection of butterflies and moths are at the University Museum in Witwatersrand. He specialized on South African [[Lycaenidae]] and authored the book ''South African Butterflies'' in 1935.<ref></ref> Murray wrote ''Species Revalued'' in 1955. In this work he suggested that [[natural selection]] cannot fully account for the mechanism of evolution.<ref name="Powell 1975"/><ref></ref>
==Selected publications==
*[https://ift.tt/33c0lWB ''A Forgotten Saint''] (1923)
*''South African Butterflies'' (1935)
*''Species Revalued'' (1955)<ref></ref>
*''A Saint of the Week'' (1957)
*[https://ift.tt/38MqdcN ''The Life History of Nymphula Stagnata Donovan''] (1957)
==References==
[[Category:1887 births]]
[[Category:1967 deaths]]
[[Category:British entomologists]]
[[Category:Irish Dominicans]]
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