    sir keith arthur murdoch (12 august 1885 â 4 october 1952) was an australian journalist and the father of rupert murdoch, the ceo and chairman of news corp. ==life and career== murdoch was born in melbourne in 1885, the son of annie (nÃ©e brown) and the rev. patrick john murdoch, who had married in 1882 and migrated from cruden, scotland to victoria, australia with patrick's family in 1884. his paternal grandfather was a minister with the free church of scotland, and his maternal grandfather was a presbyterian minister. the family moved from west melbourne to the affluent suburb of camberwell in 1887.australian dictionary of biography murdoch, patrick john (1850â1940) australian national university, issn 1833-7538 keith was educated at his uncle walter's short-lived school, then at camberwell grammar school, where he became dux in 1903, despite extreme shyness and stammering. he decided not to go straight to university but to try a career in journalism, so family friend david syme of the age agreed to employ him as district correspondent for nearby malvern. over the next four years, working long hours, he managed to create a significant increase in the age's local circulation, to earn promotion, and to save enough money for a ticket to england, where he hoped to gain further experience and find ways to master his stammer. from 1908â9, in london, he took speech therapy, studied part-time at the london school of economics, and tried to find em
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