Sir John Murray (March 3, 1841 - March 16, 1914), pioneering Scots-Canadian oceanographer and marine biologist. [[Image:JohnMurray(oceanographershing the reports of the Challenger Expedition, Murray took over, and edited and published over 50 volumes of reports, which were completed in 1896. He was knighted (K.C.B) in 1898. Murray was killed when his car overturned near his home on March 16th, 1914, Kirkliston, Edinburgh, and he is buried at the nearby Dean Churchyard. March 3 is the 62nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (63rd in leap years). ... 1841 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... March 16 is the 75th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (76th in Leap years). ... 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Oceanography (from Ocean + Greek γράφειν = write), also called oceanology and marine science is the study of the earths oceans and their interlinked ecosystems and chemical and physical processes. ... Marine biology is the study of animal and plant life within saltwater ecosystems. ... Military Badge of the Order of the Bath Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from the revision dated 2005-04-11, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ...

In 1883, Murray set up the Marine Laboratory at Granton, Edinburgh, the first of its kind in the United Kingdom. In 1894, this laboratory was moved to Millport and became the Scottish Marine Station, the forerunner of todays Scottish Association for Marine Science at Dunstaffnage. Newhaven is a harbour village within the City of Edinburgh, Scotland, between Leith and Granton. ... Millport has several meanings: Millport is a town on an island in Scotland, near Glasgow. ... Oban fron Oban harbour Oban (An t-Oban in Gaelic) is a resort town in Argyll, Scotland with a population of around 12,000. ...

Murray is credited as the founder of modern oceanography, and was the first person to use the term "oceanography". He was also the first to note the existence of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and of oceanic trenches. He also noted the presence of deposits derived from the Saharan desert in deep ocean sediments and published a vast number of papers on his findings. His last major contribtion to science was coordinating a bathymetric survey of 562 of Scotland's freshwater lochs in 1897, involving over 60,000 individual depth soundings, which were published in 6 volumes in 1910. Oceanography (from Ocean + Greek γράφειν = write), also called oceanology and marine science is the study of the earths oceans and their interlinked ecosystems and chemical and physical processes. ... Courtesy USGS The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is a mostly underwater mountain range of the Atlantic Ocean that runs from 87°N (about 333 km South of the North Pole) to subantarctic Bouvet Island, where it turns into Atlantic-Indian-Ridge and continues further East through Crozet Plateau to the Southwest... The oceanic trenches are several hundred kilometres long but narrow topographic depressions of the sea floor. ... View across Loch Lomond, towards Ben Lomond. ...

His named is remembered in the John Murray Laboratories at the University of Edinburgh, the John Murray Society at the University of Newcastle, and the new Scottish Environmental Protection Agency research vessel, the S.V. Sir John Murray. See: University of Newcastle (NSW), a university in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia University of Newcastle upon Tyne, a university in England. ... With the advent of devolved government for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and of evolving regional government for England, the responsibilities for environment and conservation in the United Kingdom have become more complicated. ... A research vessel is a ship primarily constructed to carry out scientific research at sea. ...