| LC control no. | nr 00012597 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Murray, George W. (George Washington), 1853-1926 |
| Variant(s) | Murray, G. W. (George Washington), 1853-1926 Murray, Geo. W. (George Washington), 1853-1926 Murray, George Washington, 1853-1926 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1853-09-22 |
| Death date | 1926-04-21 |
| Place of birth | Sumter County (S.C.) |
| Place of death | Chicago (Ill.) |
| Affiliation | University of South Carolina United States. Congress. House Charleston Customs House |
| Profession or occupation | Educators Agriculturists Legislators |
| Found in | Silver, 1893: t.p. (Hon. George W. Murray, of South Carolina) Biog. direct. of the U.S. Congress (WWW), 12 April 2000 (Murray, George Washington; 1853-1926; U.S. Representative from South Carolina) RLIN, 13 April 2000 (hdg.: Murray, George Washington, 1853-1926; usage: Hon. G.W. Murray; Geo. W. Murray Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, Second Edition, accessed March 13, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Murray, George Washington; slave, educator, agriculturist, farmer organization leader, U.S. representative, inventor; born 22 September 1853 near Rembert, Sumter County, South Carolina, United States; attended the University of South Carolina (1874 -1876); was appointed inspector of customs in the Charleston Customs House (1890); was elected to two terms in Congress (1893-1895 and 1895-1897); received numerous patents for inventing improved farm implements; moved to Chicago, Illinois, where he wrote two books on race relations that were privately printed: Race Ideals (1914) and Light in Dark Places (1925); died 21 April 1926 in Chicago, Illinois, United States) |
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