GRENVILLE MURRAY
\ɡɹˈɛnvɪl mˈʌɹe͡ɪ], \ɡɹˈɛnvɪl mˈʌɹeɪ], \ɡ_ɹ_ˈɛ_n_v_ɪ_l m_ˈʌ_ɹ_eɪ]\
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An English miscellaneous writer; born Oct. 2, 1824; died at Passy, France, Dec. 20, 1881. He was in the diplomatic service 1845-68. A voluminous writer, among his works were: "Dudley Cranbourne" (1845), a novel; "The Roving Englishman" (1854); "Embassies and Foreign Courts" (1856); "The Member for Paris" (1871); "Young Brown" (1874), both novels; "Turkey" (1877); "The Russians of To-day" (1878); "Under the Lens, Social Photographs" (2d ed. 1885); etc.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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