The Gilbert Murray Fund

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GilbertMurray was born in Australia on 2 January 1866. He came to England as a schoolboy, and his career since then has made him the best-known and best-loved scholar of our time. His contribution to Greek scholarship, and so to the teaching of Greek in our schools, has been immense. His famous translations and his broadcasts have been propaganda in the best sense, brought to bear on the wider public which knows nothing of Greek in the original. Nor has he confined himself to his Greek studies: he has given generous support to many humane and liberal causes, but above all to the cause of peace.