High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Emeritus Professor Sir Walter Murdoch, KCMG (17 September 1874 - 30 July 1970) was a prominent Australian academic and essayist famous for his intelligence, wit, and humanity. He was a Founding Professor of English and former Chancellor of University of Western Australia in Perth. Murdoch University, also in Perth is named after him. There is a walk dedicated to him on South Wing Level 2 of the Murdoch campus...