Margaret Alice Murray was an Anglo-Indian Egyptologist, archaeologist, anthropologist, historian, and folklorist. The first woman to be appointed as a lecturer in archaeology in the United Kingdom, she worked at University College London (UCL) from 1898 to 1935. She served as president of the Folklore Society from 1953 to 1955, and published widely over the course of her career.
Murray in 1928
Murray studied Egyptology at the UCL Wilkins Building (pictured).
The Osireion (pictured), which was first excavated by Murray
Murray came to do much lecturing and cataloguing at Manchester Museum (pictured).
The Folklore Society (FLS) is a registered charity under English law based in London, England for the study of folklore. Its office is at 50 Fitzroy Street, London home of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland.
Coote Lake Medal awarded to Ethel Rudkin (North Lincolnshire Museum)