Robert Cushman Murphy
Robert Cushman Murphy was born on April 29, 1887. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Robert Cushman Murphy
Robert Cushman Murphy (April 29, 1887 – March 20, 1973) 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.