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Joseph Murphy

1898 - 1981

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Joseph Denis Murphy (May 20, 1898 – December 16, 1981) was an American writer and New Thought minister, ordained in Divine Science and Religious Science Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Murphy is the 684th most popular writer (up from 1,003rd in 2019), the 39th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 38th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Irish Writer.

Joseph Murphy was an Irish-American Catholic priest and author who wrote a number of books on the subject of spirituality. He was most famous for his book The Power of Your Subconscious Mind, which sold over five million copies.

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Among writers, Joseph Murphy ranks 684 out of 7,302. Before him are Jaroslav Seifert, Zecharia Sitchin, Olga Tokarczuk, Gerald Gardner, Pietro Metastasio, and Ferenc Molnár. After him are Daphne du Maurier, Walter Raleigh, Frano Selak, Gregory of Narek, Vittoria Colonna, and Maurice Blanchot.

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Among people born in 1898, Joseph Murphy ranks 37. Before him are Alexander Calder, Vicente Aleixandre, René Clair, Georges Dumézil, Curzio Malaparte, and Willy Messerschmitt. After him are Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois, Aloysius Stepinac, Peng Dehuai, Kenji Mizoguchi, Lionel Robbins, and Ahmad Shah Qajar. Among people deceased in 1981, Joseph Murphy ranks 25. Before him are Max Delbrück, Karl Böhm, Natalie Wood, A. J. Cronin, Eugenio Montale, and René Clair. After him are Joe Louis, Omar Bradley, Samuel Barber, Georges Brassens, William Saroyan, and Miroslav Krleža.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Joseph Murphy ranks 39 out of 549. Before him are George Francis FitzGerald (1851), Columbanus (540), Michael D. Higgins (1941), Bertie Ahern (1951), Laurence Sterne (1713), and Harald Gille (1103). After him are Liam Cunningham (1961), Lola Montez (1821), Iris Murdoch (1919), Enya (1961), John Boland (1870), and Gilbert O'Sullivan (1946).

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Among WRITERS In Ireland

Among writers born in Ireland, Joseph Murphy ranks 10. Before him are Jonathan Swift (1667), Samuel Beckett (1906), Bram Stoker (1847), W. B. Yeats (1865), Augusta, Lady Gregory (1852), and Laurence Sterne (1713). After him are Iris Murdoch (1919), Saint Gall (550), Ethel Voynich (1864), Sheridan Le Fanu (1814), Thomas Moore (1779), and Oliver Goldsmith (1728).

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