Editing Margaret Murray (section)

===In academia===
Hutton noted that Murray was one of the earliest women to "make a serious impact upon the world of professional scholarship",{{sfn|Hutton|1999|p=194}} and the archaeologist Niall Finneran described her as "one of the greatest characters of post-war British archaeology".{{sfn|Finneran|2003|p=108}} Upon her death, Daniel referred to her as "the Grand Old Woman of Egyptology",{{sfn|Daniel|1964|p=2}} with Hutton noting that Egyptology represented "the core of her academic career".{{sfn|Hutton|1999|p=194}} In 2014, Thornton referred to her as "one of Britain's most famous Egyptologists".{{sfn|Thornton|2014|p=1}} 

However, according to the archaeologist Ruth Whitehouse, Murray's contributions to archaeology and Egyptology were often overlooked as her work was overshadowed by that of Petrie, to the extent that she was often thought of primarily as one of Petrie's assistants rather than as a scholar in her own right. By her retirement she had come to be highly regarded within the discipline, although, according to Whitehouse, Murray's reputation declined following her death, something that Whitehouse attributed to the rejection of her witch-cult theory and the general erasure of women archaeologists from the discipline's male-dominated history.{{sfn|Whitehouse|2013|pp=120, 125}}

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|quote = No British folklorist can remember Dr Margaret Murray without embarrassment and a sense of paradox. She is one of the few folklorists whose name became widely known to the public, but among scholars, her reputation is deservedly low; her theory that witches were members of a huge secret society preserving a prehistoric fertility cult through the centuries is now seen to be based on deeply flawed
methods and illogical arguments. The fact that, in her old age and after three increasingly eccentric books, she was made President of the Folklore Society, must certainly have harmed the reputation of the Society and possibly the status of folkloristics in this country; it helps to explain the mistrust some historians still feel towards our discipline.
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In his obituary for Murray in ''Folklore'', James noted that her death was "an event of unusual interest and importance in the annals of the Folk-Lore Society in particular as well as in the wider sphere in which her influence was felt in so many directions and
disciplines".{{sfn|James|1963|p=568}} However, later academic folklorists, such as Simpson and Wood, have cited Murray and her witch-cult theory as an embarrassment to their field,{{sfnm|1a1=Simpson|1y=1994|1p=89|2a1=Wood|2y=2001|2p=45}} and to the Folklore Society specifically.{{sfnm|1a1=Simpson|1y=1994|1p=89|2a1=Oates|2a2=Wood|2y=1998|2p=8}} Simpson suggested that Murray's position as President of the Society was a causal factor in the mistrustful attitude that many historians held toward folkloristics as an academic discipline, as they erroneously came to believe that all folklorists endorsed Murray's ideas.{{sfn|Simpson|1994|p=89}} Similarly, Catherine Noble stated that "Murray caused considerable damage to the study of witchcraft".{{sfn|Noble|2005|p=24}}

In 1935, UCL introduced the Margaret Murray Prize, awarded to the student who is deemed to have produced the best dissertation in Egyptology; it continued to be presented annually into the 21st century.{{sfn|Whitehouse|2013|p=125}} In 1969, UCL named one of their common rooms in her honour, but it was converted into an office in 1989.{{sfn|Whitehouse|2013|p=125}} 

In June 1983, [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother]] visited the room and there was gifted a copy of Murray's ''My First Hundred Years''.{{sfn|Janssen|1992|p=88}} UCL also hold two busts of Murray, one kept in the [[Petrie Museum]] and the other in the library of the UCL Institute of Archaeology.{{sfn|Whitehouse|2013|p=125}} This sculpture was commissioned by one of her students, [[Violet MacDermot]], and produced by the artist [[Stephen Rickard]].{{sfn|Janssen|1992|p=79}} UCL also possess a watercolour painting of Murray by [[Winifred Brunton]]; formerly exhibited in the Petrie Gallery, it was later placed into the Art Collection stores.{{sfn|Whitehouse|2013|p=125}}
In 2013, on the 150th anniversary of Murray's birth and the 50th of her death, the UCL Institute of Archaeology's Ruth Whitehouse described Murray as "a remarkable woman" whose life was "well worth celebrating, both in the archaeological world at large and especially in UCL".{{sfn|Whitehouse|2013|p=120}}

The historian of archaeology Rosalind M. Janssen titled her study of Egyptology at UCL ''The First Hundred Years'' "as a tribute" to Murray.{{sfn|Janssen|1992|p=xiii}} Murray's friend [[Margaret Stefana Drower]] authored a short biography of her, which was included as a chapter in the 2004 edited volume on ''Breaking Ground: Pioneering Women Archaeologists''.{{sfn|Drower|2004}} In 2013, [[Lexington Books]] published ''The Life of Margaret Alice Murray: A Woman's Work in Archaeology'', a biography of Murray authored by Kathleen L. Sheppard, then an assistant professor at [[Missouri University of Science and Technology]]; the book was based upon Sheppard's doctoral dissertation produced at the [[University of Oklahoma]].{{sfnm|1a1=Sheppard|1y=2013|1p=vii|2a1=Doyle White|2y=2016b|1pp=154–155}} Although characterising it as being "written in a clear and engaging manner", one reviewer noted that Sheppard's book focuses on Murray the "scientist" and as such neglects to discuss Murray's involvement in magical practices and her relationship with Wicca.{{sfn|Doyle White|2016b|pp=155–156}}