Murray, Lindley

Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

(1745-1826)

Grammarian, was b. in Pennsylvania, and practised as a lawyer. From 1785 he lived in England, near York, and was for his last 16 years confined to the house. His English Grammar (1795) was long a standard work, and his main claim to a place in literature. His other writings were chiefly religious.

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