Alexander Murray
(newspaper office and printer; Kirkcaldy)
HeadingAlexander Murray (newspaper office and printer; Kirkcaldy) [NLS-SBTI]
Dates of Activity1833-1836
Activity Notenewspaper office and printer
General NoteMurray was the first editor and printer of “The Fifeshire Journal”, a tory rejoinder to the whig “Fife Herald”. He was an Edinburgh journalist who had worked on “The Edinburgh Correspondent”, and “The Edinburgh Courant” before taking on “The Journal”. He died in 1853.
Place of Activity1833-January 1836: Kirkcaldy CERL Thesaurus
Variant Name Alexander Murray Fifeshire Journal Office, (1833-January 1836)
SourceCampbell Journal
Last Edit2016-11-16 12:00:00
Alexander Murray
(newspaper office and printer; Kirkcaldy)
HeadingAlexander Murray (newspaper office and printer; Kirkcaldy) [NLS-SBTI]
Dates of Activity1833-1836
Activity Notenewspaper office and printer
General NoteMurray was the first editor and printer of “The Fifeshire Journal”, a tory rejoinder to the whig “Fife Herald”. He was an Edinburgh journalist who had worked on “The Edinburgh Correspondent”, and “The Edinburgh Courant” before taking on “The Journal”. He died in 1853.
Place of Activity1833-January 1836: Kirkcaldy CERL Thesaurus