# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-cushman-murphy
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:54:29.050Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-cushman-murphy"
name: "Robert Cushman Murphy"
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description: "Robert Cushman Murphy 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."
tagline: "American ornithologist and museum curator (1887–1973)"
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birthDate: "1887-04-29"
deathDate: "1973-03-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump