Robert Cushman Murphy

For other people named Robert Murphy, see Robert Murphy (disambiguation).
The whaling ship, Daisy, which Murphy traveled on to the Antarctic

Robert Cushman Murphy (April 29, 1887 – March 20, 1973) was an American ornithologist and Lamont Curator of birds at the American Museum of Natural History. He went on numerous oceanic expeditions and was an expert on marine birds, and wrote several major books on them. He described a species of petrel which is now known as Murphy's petrel. Mount Murphy in Antarctica and Murphy Wall in South Georgia are named after him.