William Muir

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Scottish Orientalist and colonial administrator (1819-1905)

WritersLived 1819 to 1905 · aged 86

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Sir William Muir was a Scottish Orientalist and colonial administrator. He served as Lieutenant Governor of the North-Western Provinces of British India from 1868 and as Principal of the University of Edinburgh from 1885 to 1903.

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William Muir's grave, Dean Cemetery

William Muir during the Second Anglo-Afghan War

Awards 5

Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India

Honorary doctor of the University of Bologna

Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford

honorary doctorate from the University of Cambridge

honorary doctor of the University of Edinburgh

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SpouseElizabeth Huntly Wemyss

ChildHelen Mary Muir

Connected to William 6

Robin MilnerAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Edinburgh

Marianne BernadotteAlso won Honorary doctor of the University of Bologna

Percy CoxAlso won Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India Anthony of SourozhAlso won honorary doctorate from the University of Cambridge

Eleanor RathboneAlso won Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford

Géza VermesAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Edinburgh