Murray Murphey

Murray Griffin Murphey (February 22, 1928 – December 6, 2018) was an American historian and philosopher. Born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Murphey graduated from Harvard University and earned a doctorate from Yale University. He began teaching at the University of Pennsylvania as a Rockefeller Fellow in 1954, became an assistant professor in 1956, and a full professor in 1966. He retired in 2000. Murphey received awards from the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy and the American Studies Association, and he edited the journal *American Quarterly*. He died at the age of 90.