William P. Murphy Jr.

American physician and inventor (1923–2023)

  • Fame36.3
  • Momentum0.0
  • Wikipedia96
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Lived 1923–2023, aged 100United States
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    6 languages
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  • Era
    1923–2023
    Aged 100
  • Awards
    3
    recognised works
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Updated 2026-08-08

William Parry Murphy Jr. was an American physician and inventor of medical devices including collaborating on a flexible sealed blood bag used for blood transfusions. He was the son of the American physician William Parry Murphy who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology for Medicine in 1934, and Harriett Adams, the first licensed female dentist in Massachusetts.

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