John Murray (c. 1786 – 1851) was a British science writer, lecturer, traveller and scriptural geologist during the early years of scientific development.
He was born in Stranraer, Galloway, the son James Murray, sea-captain, and of Grace, his wife.
Also, the Meteorological society of London, The British Association for the Advancement of Science (1837) and the Mechanics' institutes of Exeter, Davonport, Portsmouth and Bristol.
[1] In the 1830s he was a prominent scriptural geologist, promoting a reconciliation between the geologic record and the Genesis creation narrative.
He moved back to Stranraer in 1850, but a severe illness drained his health and finances and he died an invalid on 28 June 1851.