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'''Sir William Lindsay Murphy'''(1888-1965) was the [[England|British]] [[Governor of the Bahamas]] from 28 July 1945 – 1950.<ref>[http://e-publiclibrary.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5&Itemid=4 e-publiclibrary.org - National Timelines<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>. Prior to his appointment Governor he was the Colonial Secretary of Bermuda from 1942 -1945, before which he was the [[Mayor of Colombo]] and first Municipal Commissioner from 1937 to 1941 in [[Ceylon]]<ref>[http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2007/06/17/spe02.asp Meeting Richard Murphy ]</ref>. The Irish poet [[Richard Murphy]] is his son. While governor of The Bahamas he officially opened the famous Lerner Marine Laboratory on the island of Bimini, a field station of the Amderican Museum of Natural History. |
'''Sir William Lindsay Murphy'''(1888-1965) was the [[England|British]] [[Governor of the Bahamas]] from 28 July 1945 – 1950.<ref>[http://e-publiclibrary.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5&Itemid=4 e-publiclibrary.org - National Timelines<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>. Prior to his appointment as Governor, he was the Colonial Secretary of Bermuda from 1942 -1945, before which he was the [[Mayor of Colombo]] and first Municipal Commissioner from 1937 to 1941 in [[Ceylon]]<ref>[http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2007/06/17/spe02.asp Meeting Richard Murphy ]</ref>. The Irish poet [[Richard Murphy]] is his son. While governor of The Bahamas he officially opened the famous Lerner Marine Laboratory on the island of Bimini, a field station of the Amderican Museum of Natural History. |
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Sir William Lindsay Murphy(1888-1965) was the British Governor of the Bahamas from 28 July 1945 – 1950.[1]. Prior to his appointment as Governor, he was the Colonial Secretary of Bermuda from 1942 -1945, before which he was the Mayor of Colombo and first Municipal Commissioner from 1937 to 1941 in Ceylon[2]. The Irish poet Richard Murphy is his son. While governor of The Bahamas he officially opened the famous Lerner Marine Laboratory on the island of Bimini, a field station of the Amderican Museum of Natural History.
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