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Died 1913, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States Education Sewanee: The University of the South Books Problems of the Present South: A Discussion of Certain of the Educational, Industrial, and Political Issues in the Southern States | ||
Edgar Gardner Murphy (1869–1913) was an American clergyman and author.
He was born at Fort Smith, Arkansas, graduated from the University of the South in 1889, and served as a priest of the Episcopal Church for twelve years. After 1903, he worked exclusively in educational and social work. Murphy served as executive secretary of the Southern Education Board, vice president of the Conference for Education in the South, organizer and secretary of the Southern Society for Consideration of Race Problems and Conditions in the South, and organizer and first secretary of the National Child Labor Committee.
He submitted contributions to periodicals and wrote:
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