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William P. Murphy

1892 - 1987

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William Parry Murphy Sr. (February 6, 1892 – October 9, 1987) was an American physician who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1934 with George Richards Minot and George Hoyt Whipple for their combined work in devising and treating macrocytic anemia (specifically, pernicious anemia). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William P. Murphy is the 72nd most popular physician (down from 62nd in 2019), the 587th most popular biography from United States (down from 514th in 2019) and the 4th most popular American Physician.

William P. Murphy is most famous for his work in the field of forensic medicine. He has been involved in many high-profile cases, including the death of JonBenet Ramsey.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, William P. Murphy ranks 72 out of 726Before him are René Laennec, Franz Mesmer, Robert Bellarmine, André Frédéric Cournand, Otto Loewi, and Hilary of Poitiers. After him are Christiaan Barnard, Ambroise Paré, Johannes Fibiger, Selman Waksman, Albert Szent-Györgyi, and Jens Christian Skou.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, William P. Murphy ranks 27Before him are Ferdinand Schörner, Engelbert Dollfuss, Oliver Hardy, George Paget Thomson, Jack L. Warner, and Mátyás Rákosi. After him are Stefan Banach, Gregor Strasser, Erwin Panofsky, Darius Milhaud, Corneille Heymans, and Arthur Friedenreich. Among people deceased in 1987, William P. Murphy ranks 16Before him are Andrey Kolmogorov, Fred Astaire, Walter Houser Brattain, Gunnar Myrdal, Marguerite Yourcenar, and William Stuart-Houston. After him are Thomas Sankara, Jacques Anquetil, Pola Negri, Fahri Korutürk, Jascha Heifetz, and Georg Wittig.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William P. Murphy ranks 587 out of 20,380Before him are Charlie Parker (1920), John Wayne Gacy (1942), Melvin Calvin (1911), Tim Walz (1964), Divine (1945), and Chester A. Arthur (1829). After him are Jack LaLanne (1914), Mike Tyson (1966), Julianne Moore (1960), Yehudi Menuhin (1916), Liza Minnelli (1946), and Lon Chaney (1883).

Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, William P. Murphy ranks 4Before him are Anthony Fauci (1940), Daniel Carleton Gajdusek (1923), and Joseph Murray (1919). After him are Harvey Cushing (1869), Frederick Chapman Robbins (1916), George Minot (1885), Michael DeBakey (1908), Harvey J. Alter (1935), Herbert Spencer Gasser (1888), Stanley Cohen (1922), and Baruch Samuel Blumberg (1925).