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(1916-2008) Biographer. William M. Murphy was the author of biographies of the family of William Butler Yeats. Murphy was born in Queens, New York, and died in Schenectady, New York.

Full Name

William M Murphy

Locations

Queens

Author's Timeline

1916

BIRTH

William M. Murphy was born in Astoria, Queens, New York, in 1916. He grew up in Flushing, Queens, New York.

1946

OTHER

Murphy joined the teaching staff at Union College in Schenectady, New York, in 1946 and taught there for nearly 40 years, retiring in 1983.

1971

LITWORK

The Yeats Family And The Pollexfens Of Sligo
Dublin: Dolmen.

Biography.

1978

LITWORK

Prodigal Father: The Life Of John Butler Yeats, 1839-1922
Cornell University Press. Reprinted in paperback with some new material in 2001 by Syracuse University Press.

Biography.

1987

LITWORK

The Drawings Of John Butler Yeats
Albany, New York: Albany Institute Of History and Art, and Union College, Departments of Art and English.

Edited by William M. Murphy.

1995

LITWORK

Family Secrets: William Butler Yeats And His Relatives
Syracuse University Press.

Biography.

2008

DEATH

William M. Murphy died in Schenectady, New York, in 2008.

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