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Name	James Murdoch
Born	27 September, 1856 Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland
Died	30 October, 1921 (aged 65) Baulkham Hills, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cultural Heritage	Scottish Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Occupation *	school principal (1881-1885) Queensland, Australia schoolteacher (1885-1892) Queensland, Australia Orientalist (1888-1892) Queensland, Australia novelist (1889-1892) Queensland, Australia short story writer (1889-1892) Queensland, Australia historian (general) (1893-1917) Overseas Orientalist (1893-1917) Overseas academic (1917-1921) Australian Capital Territory, Australia academic (1917-1921) New South Wales, Australia historian (general) (1917-1921) New South Wales, Australia historian (general) (1917-1921) Australian Capital Territory, Australia

* Dates are approximate