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John Murray birthday!

Thanks to colleague Y.N.E. for reminding me that today is John Murray’s birthday (b. 1741).

It is also my mother’s birthday, which is perhaps why I forget. Happy birthday, Mom! Happy birthday, John!

This entry was posted by Scott Wells on Monday, 10 December 2007 at 9:49 am and is filed under Universalism. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

4 Responses to “John Murray birthday!”

  1. Katharine responds:
    10 December 2007 at 3:05 pm

    Happy birthday, Mother Wells!

  2. Derek responds:
    10 December 2007 at 6:34 pm

    I’ve sometimes wondered if some of these days should be treated like Saint Days in the Episcopal and Catholic churches. I have seen a few Universalist churches that do something special around Clara Barton’s birthday (often a recognition of nurses, and nursing as ministry).

    -Derek

  3. Stephen responds:
    14 December 2007 at 8:05 am

    While we’re being geeky Universalist historians, I’m sure I read somewhere that John Murray was born in Alton. My question is, is this Alton in Staffordshire, near Stoke-on-Trent, now the home of Alton Towers theme park?

  4. Scott Wells responds:
    15 December 2007 at 5:08 am

    No, he was from Alton in Hampshire. He was baptized in the parish church: http://www.stlawrencealton.org/ (A past generation of Universalists placed a memorial plaque there.)

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