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American ornithologist and museum curator

For other people named Robert Murphy, see Robert Murphy (disambiguation).

Robert Cushman Murphy (April 29, – March 20, ) 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.

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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.

Life and work

Murphy was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Thomas D.

Murphy and Augusta Cushman. Around Murphy assisted Frank Chapman at the American Museum of Natural History and read the proofs of Warblers of North America. He was an undergraduate at Brown University, where he graduated in He married Grace Emeline Barstow in who he met as a student at Brown University.

Grace persuaded Robert to take a position as naturalist a