Geoffrey Reginald Gilchrist Mure

Geoffrey Reginald Gilchrist Mure
Born 8 April 1893
Died 24 May 1979
Alma mater Merton College, Oxford
Era 20th century philosophy
Region Western Philosophy
School British idealism

Geoffrey Reginald Gilchrist Mure (/ˈɛfri ˈrɛənəld ˈɡɪlkrɪst mjʊər/; 1893–1979) was a British idealist philosopher and Oxford academic, who specialised in the works of the German philosopher, Hegel.

Biography

Mure was born on 8 April 1893, the son of Reginald James Mure and Anna Charlotte Neave. He was educated at Eton College and Merton College, Oxford. He took a First in Classical Moderations in 1913. With the outbreak of the First World War in 1914 he enlisted in the Warwicks Royal Horse Artillery. He served in France and Belgium, 1915–18, and was awarded the Military Cross, the Chevalier Ordre de la Couronne, and the Croix de Guerre; he was also mentioned in despatches. He left the Army in 1919 and in the same year was awarded an M.A. at Oxford. He was appointed Fellow and Tutor of Merton College in 1922. He was an Oxford University Lecturer in Philosophy, 1929–37.[1]

During the Second World War he served in the General Staff, 21 Group War Office, and the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force. His war work centred on propaganda.

He became the Warden of Merton College in 1947[2] and held the post until 1963. He was Pro-Vice Chancellor, University of Oxford, in 1957.

Mure married Kathleen Mary Seton in 1927 (marriage dissolved, 1963)[3] and in 1964 Josephine Browne (d. 1974).

His Who's Who recreations were listed as formerly rowing, fox hunting, miscellaneous ball games, and sketching.

He died on 24 May 1979.[4]

Books

G. R. G. Mure wrote a number of books and articles, including:[5][6]

Academic books
Academic articles and introductions
Fiction

References

  1. "MURE, Geoffrey Reginald Gilchrist". Who Was Who. A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  2. "News In Brief". The Times (London, England). 17 March 1947. p. 4. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  3. "JUDGE McINTYRE, sitting in the Divorce.". The Times (London, England). 21 December 1963. p. 5. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  4. "Mr G.R.G. Mure". The Times (London, England). 19 November 1979. p. VIII. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  5. Geoffrey Reginald Gilchrist Mure books, Amazon.com.
  6. G. R. G. Mure, LibraryThing.
  7. Mure, Geoffrey Reginald Gilchrist (1978). Idealist Epilogue. Clarendon Press. ISBN 0198245831.

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Academic offices
Preceded by
John Charles Miles
Warden of Merton College, Oxford
1947–1963
Succeeded by
Robin Harrison
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