James Vincent Murphy
James Vincent Murphy (born July 7, 1880 in Innishannon near Cork, Ireland, † July 5, 1946 in Bishop's Stortford , England) was an Irish translator, writer and journalist who published one of the first complete translations of Mein Kampf into English in 1939 .
Life
Murphy attended St. Patrick's College in Maynooth and was ordained a priest in St. Patrick's College Chapel in 1905 , but withdrew from clerical service.
Before the Second World War he lived in Italy and Germany for some time.
Works
- Adolf Hitler: the drama of his career , 1934
- Who sent Rudolf Hess? , 1941
Translations
- Max Planck , Where is science going? , 1932 (preface by Albert Einstein )
- Emil Ludwig , Leaders of Europe , 1934 (Original title: Leader of Europe. Drawn from nature )
- Erwin Schrödinger , Science and the human temperament , 1935, Allen & Unwin , (biographical introduction by James Murphy, foreword by Ernest Rutherford )
- Adolf Hitler , Mein Kampf , 1939
literature
- James J. Barnes, Patience P. Barnes: James Vincent Murphy. Translator and Interpreter of Fascist Europe, 1880-1946 . Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1987, ISBN 0-819-16054-7
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Murphy, James Vincent |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish translator, writer and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 7, 1880 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Innishannon , Ireland |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 5, 1946 |
| Place of death | Bishop's Stortford , England |