The Grecian Daughter

Arthur Murphy, also known by the pseudonym Charles Ranger, was an Irish writer. A barrister, journalist, actor, and playwright, he edited Gray Inn Journal between 1752 and 1754. Murphy is 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.