William P. Murphy
William P. Murphy Sr. | |
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| Born | William Parry Murphy February 6, 1892 Stoughton, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Died | October 9, 1987 (aged 95) Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Education | University of Oregon Harvard Medical School |
| Occupation(s) | Academic, researcher, physician |
| Spouse |
Harriett Adams
(m. 1919; died 1980) |
| Children | 2; including William Jr. |
| Awards | Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh (1930) Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1934) |
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).