Edgar Murphy (tennis)
Edgar Murphy may refer to: * Edgar Gardner Murphy (1869–1913), American clergyman and author * Edgar O. Murphy Monmouth County, New Jersey, is governed by a Board of County Commissioners, who choose a director from among themselves. Prior to January 1st, 2021 this position was known as the Board of Chosen Freeholders. Pursuant to legislation passed in ...

Edgar Gardner Murphy
Edgar Gardner Murphy (1869–1913) was an American clergyman and author during the Progressive Era in the United States who worked to improve relations between African Americans and whites and wrote about issues faced, as well as working to improve child labor laws and public education. Murphy 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.Luker, 1984. Books * ''Words for the Church'' (1896) * ''The Larger Life'' (1896) * ''Problems of the Present South'' (1904; second edition, 1909) * ''The Ba ...
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