William P. Murphy

William P. Murphy, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1987)

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Born: February 6, 1892
Died: October 9, 1987
Zodiac sign: Aquarius
Birth year: 1892

About William P. Murphy

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). In 1930, Murphy was awarded the Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh with George Minot. He discovered that ingesting large amounts of liver seemed to restore anemia more quickly of all foods.

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The world when William P. Murphy was born

William P. Murphy was born in 1892. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentFirst heavyweight boxing title under Queensberry rules
Top headlineEllis Island immigration station opens
Technology milestoneDiesel engine patented by Rudolf Diesel
World population~1.52B

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderBenjamin Harrison
U.S. population65.0M

1892 versus 2026

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Measure	1892	2026
Population	65.0M	341 million

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