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:''For the Australian farmer George Muirhead, see Principality of Marlborough.'' George Muirhead (1715, Dunipace - 1773) was a Scottish linguist. ==Life== A graduate of the University of Edinburgh (MA 1742), he was ordained as a Minister of the Kirk in 1746. He was professor of oriental languages at the University of Glasgow (1753-4), until his appointment as Chair of Humanity in 1754. Muirhead was elected Clerk of Senate in 1769. He died on 31 Aug. 1773. He was 'an enthusiastic and accomplished classical scholar,' and with James Moor, professor of Greek, superintended the noble edition of Homer in 4 vols. fol., printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis of Glasgow (the ''Iliad'' in 1756, the ''Odyssey,'' with the ''Hymns'' and ''Fragments,'' in 1758). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George Muirhead」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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