William Mure
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William Mure (1799 – 1860) was a Scottish scholar and politician.
The Laird of Caldwell, North Ayrshire, Scotland, he was educated at Westminster School, London, England; University of Edinburgh, Scotland; and Bonn, Germany. He sat in Parliament as member for Renfrewshire 1846-55.
He was a sound classical scholar, and published A Critical History of the Language and Literature of Ancient Greece in five volumes between 1850 and 1857). He held the view that the Iliad and Odyssey are now substantially as they were originally composed. Mure was Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow 1847-48.
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This article incorporates public domain text from: Cousin, John William (1910). A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature. London, J.M. Dent & sons; New York, E.P. Dutton.
Categories: A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature | 1799 births | 1860 deaths | Old Westminsters | People associated with the University of Glasgow | Alumni of the University of Edinburgh | Scottish scholars | Members of the United Kingdom Parliament from Scottish constituencies | People from North Ayrshire
