Murray H. Campbell (1909-1979)

Physician, historian.

Son of Alexander Murray Campbell and Annie Josephine Hogg, he graduated from the University of Manitoba Medical School in 1933. Dr. Campbell was a senior member of the Canadian Medical Society, president of the Winnipeg Medical Society, president and life member of the Winnipeg Philatelic Society, and a member of the Royal Philatelic Society of Canada, Winnipeg Rotary Club, Southwood Golf Club, Winnipeg Winter Club, and St. Stephens-Broadway United Church.

Dr. Campbell was a keen historian and collector of historical documents, his forebearers having come down river from Fishers’ Landing in 1875 on the International, a stern-wheeled paddle steamer. He was a member of the Council of the Manitoba Historical Society for many years, and a past President of the Society.

On 24 December 1979, he died suddenly at the Misericordia Hospital, at the age of 70 years.

His articles for the Manitoba Historical Society:

The Postal History of Red River, British North America
MHS Transactions, Series 3, Number 6, 1949-50 Season

Dr. J. C. Schultz
MHS Transactions, Series 3, 1963-64 Season

Profile revised: 12 February 2009

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