Dates

• Existence: 1876 - 1952

Biographical Note

John Murphy was born to a family of Irish descent in Nashua, New Hampshire, in 1876. Murphy entered the Society of Jesus attending the Novitiate and Juniorate in Frederick, Maryland, from 1893 to 1898. Following studies at Woodstock College in Maryland, and John Hopkins University, Murphy started his teaching assignment as an instructor of Latin, Greek, United States history, civics, and mathematics at Boston College High School in 1902. From 1906 to 1910, Murphy completed his theological training at Woodstock College and was ordained in 1909. Murphy taught history at St. Joseph's College in Pennsylvania from 1910 to 1911 and at Holy Cross College in Massachusetts from 1911 to 1912. He then had a year-long Tertianship in Ireland from 1912 to 1913. From 1913 to 1918, Murphy taught history and religion at Fordham University in New York. During this time, he ministered at Ward's Island Prison. From 1918 to 1929, Murphy taught at Regis High School in New York, Georgetown University, Fordham University Graduate School and Holy Cross College. His final and longest teaching assignment was at Boston College from 1929 to the early 1950s. Outside of the classroom, Murphy actively gave public lectures. The lecture topics included Irish politics, the dangers of international Communism, and the persecution of Catholics in Mexico and Spain. He also caused a stir with the publication of his article "The Problem of International Judaism" in 1934.

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