George Muirhead was a Scottish linguist.

A graduate of the University of Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh

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 (MA 1742), he was ordained as a Minister of the Kirk in 1746. He was professor of oriental languages at the University of Glasgow

University of Glasgow

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 (1753-4), until his appointment as Chair of Humanity in 1754. Muirhead was elected Clerk of Senate in 1769.

The Muirhead Prizes are awarded in his memory.