Margaret Murray

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Margaret Murray was a British Egyptologist and folklorist whose controversial theories about a surviving pre-Christian European witch-cult later influenced the development of modern Wicca.

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Margaret Murray canonical 3
Margaret Alice Murray 1

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instanceOf Egyptologist
archaeologist
folklorist
human
citizenship British
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
dateOfBirth 1863-07-13
dateOfDeath 1963-11-13
describedBySource Encyclopaedia Britannica
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
educatedAt University College London
employer University College London
familyName Murray
fieldOfWork Egyptology
anthropology of religion
archaeology
folklore studies
givenName Margaret
influenced Gerald Gardner
development of modern Wicca
influencedBy Egyptian archaeology
James George Frazer
languageOfWorkOrName English
lifespan 1863–1963
memberOf Folklore Society
name Margaret Alice Murray
linked to: Margaret Murray
notableIdea surviving pre-Christian European fertility cult underlying witchcraft
witch-cult hypothesis
notableWork Ancient Egyptian Legends
My First Hundred Years
The God of the Witches
The Splendour That Was Egypt
The Witch-Cult in Western Europe
occupation Egyptologist
archaeologist
folklorist
university teacher
placeOfBirth Calcutta
Calcutta, British India
linked to: Calcutta
placeOfDeath London
linked to: London, England

London, England
positionHeld assistant lecturer at University College London
assistant professor of Egyptology
lecturer at University College London
president of the Folklore Society
religion atheism
secular humanism
sexOrGender female

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Gerald Gardner influencedBy Margaret Murray
Osireion discoveredBy Margaret Murray
Margaret Murray name Margaret Alice Murray
linked to: Margaret Murray
G. B. Gardner influencedBy Margaret Murray