James Muirhead (scholar)

Professor
James Muirhead
Born(1830-11-13)November 13, 1830
Edinburgh, Scotland
DiedNovember 8, 1889(1889-11-08) (aged 58)
Edinburgh, Scotland
OccupationProfessor of civil law at the University of Edinburgh
SpouseJemima Locke Eastlake (Married 1857)
Children1 son, 1 daughter.
Parent(s)Claud Muirhead, Mary Watson

James Muirhead (13 November 1830 8 November 1889) was a 19th-century Scottish scholar and Professor of Civil Law at Edinburgh University. He gives his name to the Muirhead Prize in Civil Law at the University.