This article is about the grammarian and textbook author. For the tennis player, see Robert Lindley Murray.
Lindley Murray
Born
1745 (1745)[a]
Harper Tavern, near Swatara Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania[b]
Died
16 February 1826(1826-02-16) (aged 80–81)[c]
Holgate, York, England
Nationality
American
Occupation(s)
Lawyer, merchant, grammarian, and author
Known for
English Grammar
Spouse
Hannah Dobson
(m. 1767)
Parent(s)
Robert Murray and Mary Lindley Murray
Lindley Murray (1745 – 16 February 1826) was an American Quaker lawyer, writer, and grammarian, best known for his English-language grammar books used in schools in England and the United States.
Murray practised law in New York. As the colonies began to fight for independence with the American Revolution (1765–1783) and in the lead-up to the Revolutionary War, Murray sat on the Committee of Sixty and the Committee of One Hundred to manage events in the Province of New York. Some Quakers did not want him to be associated with a public committee. Still, he sat on the committee to protect his family's shipping interests, which would be inhibited by the Continental Association's nonimportation clause. Murray spent the first half of the Revolutionary War in Islip, Long Island, living leisurely. With British troops in control of Manhattan, Murray returned to the island and joined his father in the import-export and shipping businesses that made him rich during the second half of the war.
In 1783, Murray retired, and one year later, he left America for England. Settling at Holgate, near York, he devoted the rest of his life to literary pursuits. His first book was Power of Religion on the Mind (1787). In 1795, he issued his Grammar of the English Language. This was followed by English Exercises, and the English Reader. These books passed through several editions, and the Grammar was the standard textbook for fifty years throughout England and America.[1] While he was able, he was an active member of the local Quproaker Meeting.
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