John Murray was born in Belfast and was educated there and at Trinity College, Dublin, where he qualified in medicine. He contributed to many journals, including Blackwood's Magazine, and wrote The Irish Oyster-Eater; The Viceroy, in three volumes, published in 1841; The Environs of London and The World of London. He joined the Young Ireland movement.

Born:	11 February 1811
Died:	20 October 1865