Arthur Murphy
Pseudonym: Charles Ranger. Born on 27 December 1727 in Clooniquin, County Roscommon, Ireland. Son of Richard, and Jane French. Died on 18 June 1805 in Knightsbridge, London. Buried in Hammersmith, London.Barrister, journalist, actor, playwright. Editor of Gray's Inn Journal between 1752 and 1754. Henry Thrale's oldest and dearest friend. Introduced Samuel Johnson to the Thrales in January 1765. Commissioner of Bankruptcy in 1803.
Best known for three biographies: his 1792 Essay on the Life and Genius of Samuel Johnson, his 1762 Fielding’s Works and his 1801 Life of David Garrick. Thought to have coined the legal term "wilful misconstruction" whilst representing the Donaldson v. Becket appeal to the House of Lords in 1774 against the perpetual possession of copyright.
A biography of his life was written in 1811 by Dr. Jesse Foote[?]. Nathaniel Dancer[?] painted his portrait which is thought to now be in the Irish National Portrait Collection.
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they relieve by obstructing the way of one of the pieces involved
exposes him to a discovered mate. The key move of problem No.3 is
relieves the stalemate by (2) Kt-e7, allowing Black to take the
Black's moves first. Often it will be found that whatever Black
find a first move for White, which leaves the position unchanged
has one or more moves at his disposal in reply to which there.
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