| Authorised form of name | Murphy; Robert (1806 - 1843) |
| Dates | 1806 - 1843 |
| Place of birth | Mallow |
| Date of birth | 1806 |
| Place of death | London |
| Date of death | 12 March 1843 |
| Research field | Mathematics |
| Activity | Education:
Patron was John Dillon Croker who led a public subscription to enable him to go to Cambridge; BA (1829), third wrangler in mathematics, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge; MA (Cantab) 1832
Career:
Dean of Gonville and Caius College (1831); became a teacher (1833); examiner in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, University of London (1838); Honorary Member of the Royal Cork Institution (1838)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 05/06/1834 |
| Relationships | Son of a shoemaker; never married |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Irish Innovators |
| Code | NA2542 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1834/30 | Murphy, Robert: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| RR/1/168 | Referee's report by George Peacock, on a paper 'Analysis of the roots of equations' by Robert Murphy | [1837] |
| RR/1/167 | Referee's report by George Peacock, on a paper 'First memoir on the theory of analytical operations' by Robert Murphy | 8 February 1837 |