William P. Murphy
American recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the Nobel Prize Scientist. For other people who share the same name, see William Murphy (disambiguation).
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).[1][2][3]
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William P. Murphy Sr. | |
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Born | William Parry Murphy (1892-02-06)February 6, 1892[1] Stoughton, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Died | October 9, 1987(1987-10-09) (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[2] (1934) |
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