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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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 NERFINISHED
educatedAt University College London
employer University College London NERFINISHED
familyName Murray NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork Egyptology
anthropology of religion
archaeology
folklore studies
givenName Margaret
influenced Gerald Gardner NERFINISHED
development of modern Wicca
influencedBy Egyptian archaeology
James George Frazer NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName English
lifespan 1863–1963
memberOf Folklore Society NERFINISHED
name Margaret Alice Murray NERFINISHED
notableIdea surviving pre-Christian European fertility cult underlying witchcraft
witch-cult hypothesis NERFINISHED
notableWork Ancient Egyptian Legends NERFINISHED
My First Hundred Years NERFINISHED
The God of the Witches NERFINISHED
The Splendour That Was Egypt NERFINISHED
The Witch-Cult in Western Europe NERFINISHED
occupation Egyptologist
archaeologist
folklorist
university teacher
placeOfBirth Calcutta NERFINISHED
Calcutta, British India NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath London, England
surface form: London

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