James Vincent Murphy

James Vincent Murphy
Born	July 7, 1880(1880-07-07) Innishannon (Knockavilla)
Died	July 5, 1946(1946-07-05) (aged 65) Bishop's Stortford
Occupation	Translator, writer, journalist
Nationality	Irish
Alma mater	St. Patrick's College
Notable work(s)	Translation of Mein Kampf

James Vincent Murphy (7 July 1880 – 5 July 1946) was an Irish translator, writer, and journalist, who published one of the first complete English translations of Mein Kampf in 1939.

James Murphy attended St. Patrick's College. He was ordained a priest at St. Patrick's College Chapel in 1905.

He left clerical service. Before the Second World War he lived for some time in Italy and Germany.

Works

(transl.) Max Planck, Where is science going?, 1932 (preface by Albert Einstein)
(transl.) Emil Ludwig, Leaders of Europe, 1934
Adolf Hitler: the drama of his career, 1934
(transl.) Erwin Schrödinger, Science and the human temperament, 1935, Allen & Unwin, (biographical introduction by James Murphy, foreword by Ernest Rutherford)
(transl.) Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf, 1939
Who sent Rudolf Hess?, 1941

Bibliography

Barnes, James J.; and Patience P. Barnes (1987). James Vincent Murphy : Translator and Interpreter of Fascist Europe, 1880-1946. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN 0-819-16054-7.

External links

Works by or about James Vincent Murphy in libraries (WorldCat catalog)

Persondata
Name	Murphy, James Vincent
Alternative names
Short description	Irish priest, translator, writer
Date of birth	July 7, 1880
Place of birth	Innishannon (Knockavilla)
Date of death	July 5, 1946
Place of death	Bishop's Stortford