Walter Murdoch, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Walter Murdoch

Australian educationist

Date of Birth: 17-Sep-1874

Place of Birth: Rosehearty, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 30-Jul-1970

Profession: university teacher, essayist

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Sir Walter Logie Forbes Murdoch, (17 September 1874 – 30 July 1970) was a prominent Australian academic and essayist famous for his intelligence and wit.
He was a founding professor of English and former Chancellor of the University of Western Australia (UWA) in Perth, Western Australia. A member of the prominent Australian Murdoch family, he was the father of Catherine, later prominent as Dr Catherine King (1904–2000), a radio broadcaster in Western Australia; the uncle of both Sir Keith, a journalist and newspaper executive, and Ivon, a soldier in the Australian Army; and the great uncle of international media proprietor Rupert Murdoch. Murdoch University is named in Sir Walter's honour; as is Murdoch, the suburb surrounding its main campus, located in Perth, Western Australia.