Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by Margaret Murray

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Last updated on April 15, 2025.

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.

British - Scientist | July 13, 1863 - November 13, 1963

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I'm so picky. People hate going to the movies with me.

Margaret Murray

The trend of all knowledge at the present is to specialize, but archaeology has in it all the qualities that call for the wide view of the human race, of its growth from the savage to the civilized, which is seen in all stages of social and religious development.

Margaret Murray

I guess my enthusiasm kind of rubs off on people.

Margaret Murray

Archaeology is the study of humanity itself, and unless that attitude towards the subject is kept in mind archaeology will be overwhelmed by impossible theories or a welter of flint chips.

Margaret Murray

Governments are like underwear. They start smelling pretty bad if you don't change them once in a while.

Margaret Murray

Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by Margaret Murray

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