Dr John Murray FRSE FGS (1778–1820) was a 19th century British physician and prominent scientist, working in the fields of physics, chemistry, and geology, and described by Brydges as a "Chemical Philiospher".
[3] He later also lectured in Materia Medica, Pharmacy and Natural Philosophy (Physics).
In 1812 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh for his contributions to Geology, his proposers being Thomas Charles Hope, Robert Jameson, and Sir George Steuart Mackenzie.
He presented 28 papers to the Royal Society, the most important relating to proposals for a safety lamp for miners.
[7] His children included Dr John Murray (1798–1873) who emigrated to Australia and died in Melbourne.