James Vincent Murphy | |
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Born | Innishannon (Knockavilla) | 7 July 1880
Died | 5 July 1946[1] Bishop's Stortford | (aged 65)
Occupation | Translator, writer, journalist |
Nationality | Irish |
Alma mater | St Patrick's College, Maynooth |
Notable works | Translation of Mein Kampf |
Spouse | Mary Murphy |
James Vincent Murphy (7 July 1880 – 4 July 1946) was an Irish translator, writer, lecturer and journalist, who published one of the first complete English translations of Mein Kampf in 1939.[1]
Murphy attended St Patrick's College, Maynooth. He was ordained a priest at St Patrick's College Chapel in Maynooth, in 1905.[citation needed] He left clerical service, and by the late 1920s was married and working as a journalist.[2] Before the Second World War he lived for some time in Italy and Germany.