William P. Murphy Jr.
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Murphy on his 100 ton steam ship, 2013 | |
| Born | William Parry Murphy Jr. November 11, 1923 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | November 30, 2023 (aged 100) Coral Gables, Florida, U.S. |
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| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | William Parry Murphy Harriett Adams |
William Parry Murphy Jr. (November 11, 1923 – November 30, 2023) was an American physician and inventor of medical devices including collaborating on a flexible sealed blood bag used for blood transfusions. He was the son of the American physician William Parry Murphy who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology for Medicine in 1934, and Harriett Adams, the first licensed female dentist in Massachusetts.