Lockhart Muirhead

Lockhart Muirhead (1765–1829) was a Scottish librarian, museum-keeper and academic. He was Regius Professor of Zoology at Glasgow University, from 1807.

Life

Muirhead travelled in Europe shortly before the French Revolution, and subsequently wrote on both French and Italian topics. He contributed to the Monthly Review and Edinburgh Review. He was librarian of Glasgow University in the period 1795 to 1823.

Muirhead became Keeper of the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow. William Hunter had intended his collection to go to Glasgow, when he died in 1783. It was Muirhead who in 1807 went to London to see to the move of the temporary display, to Glasgow University.

Family

Muirhead married Anne Campbell. The biographer James Patrick Muirhead was their son.

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vteMuirhead and Boulton family tree
John Muirhead 1685–1759Margaret Syme 1685–1753John Muirhead 1704–1755Janet Bogle b.1704 George Muirhead 1715–1773Patrick Muirhead 1718–1807Elizabeth Muirhead 1728–1779James CampbellMarion Muirhead b.1739Matthew Boulton 1728–1809Anne Robinson 1730–1783 Lockhart Muirhead 1765–1829Anna Campbell 1769–1842Mary Anne Wilkinson 1796–1829Matthew Robinson Boulton 1770–1842William Ralph Cartwright 1771–1847 James Patrick Muirhead 1813–1898Katharine Boulton 1819–1890Matthew Piers Watt Boulton 1820–1894Frances Eliza Cartwright 1817–1864 Herbert Hugh Muirhead 1850–1904
John Muirhead 1685–1759	Margaret Syme 1685–1753	John Muirhead 1704–1755	Janet Bogle b.1704



George Muirhead 1715–1773	Patrick Muirhead 1718–1807	Elizabeth Muirhead 1728–1779	James Campbell	Marion Muirhead b.1739	Matthew Boulton 1728–1809	Anne Robinson 1730–1783



				Lockhart Muirhead 1765–1829	Anna Campbell 1769–1842	Mary Anne Wilkinson 1796–1829	Matthew Robinson Boulton 1770–1842	William Ralph Cartwright 1771–1847



						James Patrick Muirhead 1813–1898	Katharine Boulton 1819–1890	Matthew Piers Watt Boulton 1820–1894	Frances Eliza Cartwright 1817–1864



						Herbert Hugh Muirhead 1850–1904