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Murdoch

Also known as: Murdoch; primary name: Murdoch; other name: Murdoch, John Gloag
Details: individual; collector; shop/business; British; Male
Life dates: 1830-1902
Other dates: -1902
Biography: Religious publisher, piano manufacturer and collector of coins and medals. His collection was described in the sale catalogue as one of the most important coin collections ever sold in Britain, second only to the Montagu Collection, see Hyman Montagu (q.v.).
Bibliography: 'Catalogue of the valuable collection of coins and medals, the property of the late John G Murdoch, Esq, Member of the Numismatic Society of London' [Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, six sales in 1903]. Lord Stewartby, 'John Gloag Murdoch, 1830-1902', BNJ 73 (2003), pp.186-190.