Institut de France and the Humboldt Medal of the Gesellschaft für Erdkunde zu Berlin. He was president of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society from 1898 to 1904. In 1911, Murray founded the Alexander Agassiz Medal which is awarded by the National Academy of Sciences, in memory of his friend Alexander Agassiz (1835–1910). After his death his estate funded the John Murray Travelling Studentship Fund and the 1933 John Murray Mabahiss Expedition to the Indian Ocean. Death Murray lived at Challenger Lodge (renamed after his expedition) on Boswall Road in Trinity, Edinburgh, with commanding views over the Firth of Forth. Murray was killed when his car overturned west of his home on 16 March 1914 at Kirkliston near Edinburgh. He is buried in Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh on the central path of the north section in the original cemetery. Tribute The John Murray Laboratories at the University of Edinburgh, the John Murray Society at the University of Newcastle and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency research vessel, the S.V. Sir John Murray, and the Murray Glacier are named after him. Taxon named in his honor Animals named in his honor include Cirrothauma murrayi, an almost blind octopus that lives at depths from to and the Murrayonida order of sea sponges are named after Murray. Silvascincus murrayi (Murray's skink), a species of Australian lizard, is named in his honour. Halieutopsis murrayi H. C. Ho, 2022 (Murray’s deepsea batfish) Trachyrhynchus murrayi Günther, 1887 The salt water worm Phallonemertes murrayi (Brinkmann, 1912) Murrayona Kirkpatrick, 1910 Stellitethya murrayi Sarà & Bavestrello, 1996 The fish Triglops murrayi Günther, 1888 Munneurycope murrayi (Walker, 1903) Lanceola murrayi Norman, 1900 Potamethus murrayi (M'Intosh, 1916) Mesothuria murrayi (Théel, 1886) Bythotiara murrayi Günther, 1903 Anthoptilum murrayi Kölliker, 1880 Sophrosyne murrayi Stebbing, 1888 Millepora murrayi Quelch, 1886 Phascolion murrayi Stephen, 1941 Munnopsurus murrayi (Walker, 1903) The Blind Octopus Cirrothauma murrayi Chun, 1911 Culeolus murrayi Herdman, 1881 Deltocyathus murrayi Gardiner & Waugh, 1938 Bathyraja murrayi (Günther, 1880) Psammastra murrayi Sollas, 1886 Lithodes murrayi Henderson, 1888 Pythonaster murrayi Sladen, 1889 Botanical references See also European and American voyages of scientific exploration References External links On the 1910 Murray and Hjort expedition and the Cirrothauma murrayi octopus 1841 births 1914 deaths Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath People from Cobourg Road incident deaths in Scotland People educated at Stirling High School Canadian people of Scottish descent Scottish biologists Scottish explorers Scottish non-fiction writers Alumni