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Walter Murdoch | |
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 Murdoch (left) and family at Point Lonsdale, Victoria, in 1910. His wife, Violet Catherine Murdoch (née Hughston) is upper centre. The girl centre right is his daughter, Catherine and the boy (lower right) is William (Will) Murdoch (1900–1950). | |
| Born | Walter Logie Forbes Murdoch 17 September 1874 Rosehearty, Scotland, UK |
| Died | 30 July 1970 (aged 95) |
| Citizenship | British Australian |
| Alma mater | University of Melbourne |
| Occupation | Academic |
| Spouse | Violet Catherine Hughston |
| Children | 3, including Catherine King |
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Sir Walter Logie Forbes Murdoch, KCMG (17 September 1874 – 30 July 1970) was a prominent Australian academic and essayist famous for his intelligence and wit. He was a founding professor of English and former Chancellor of the University of Western Australia (UWA) in Perth, Western Australia.
A member of the prominent Australian Murdoch family, he was the father of Catherine, later prominent as Dr Catherine King MBE (1904–2000), a radio broadcaster in Western Australia; the uncle of both Sir Keith, a journalist and newspaper executive, and Ivon, a soldier in the Australian Army; and the great uncle of international media proprietor Rupert Murdoch.
Murdoch University is named in Sir Walter's honour; as is Murdoch, the suburb surrounding its main campus, located in Perth, Western Australia.