James Vincent Murphy
| James Vincent Murphy | |
|---|---|
| Born |
July 7, 1880 Innishannon (Knockavilla) |
| Died |
July 5, 1946 (aged 65)[1] Bishop's Stortford |
| Occupation | Translator, writer, journalist |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Alma mater | St. Patrick's College |
| Notable works | Translation of Mein Kampf |
| Spouse | Mary Murphy |
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.[1]
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
References
Bibliography
- Barnes, James J.; Patience P. Barnes (1987). James Vincent Murphy : Translator and Interpreter of Fascist Europe, 1880-1946. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN 0-8191-6054-7.
- Barnes, James J.; Patience P. Barnes (1980–2008). Hitler's Mein Kampf in Britain and America: A Publishing History 1930–39. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-07267-0.
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