Murray Macgregor
George Murray Macgregor FRSE was a Scottish geologist. He was described as "Scotland's most eminent coalfield geologist."Life
Macgregor was born in Glasgow to George Macgregor and Agnes Murray. He studied at Glasgow University graduating MA BSc in 1908. He joined HM Geological Survey, where he remained for life. In 1921, he succeeded L. W. Hinxman as District Geologist for the Scottish coalfields.
In 1922, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were John Horne, Ben Peach, Thomas James Jehu, and Robert Campbell.
In 1925, he became Assistant Director for Scotland. Glasgow University awarded him an honorary doctorate in 1931.
In 1926 he succeeded George Walter Tyrrell as President of the Geological Society of Glasgow. He was succeeded in turn by James Ernest Richey.
He won the Clough Medal in 1945.
He retired in the autumn of 1945 and was succeeded at the BGS by Talbot Whitehead. He died in Glasgow on 21 January 1966. He never married and had no children.
