James Vincent Murphy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

James Vincent Murphy

Irish priest, translator, writer

Date of Birth: 07-Jul-1880

Place of Birth: Innishannon, Munster, Ireland

Date of Death: 05-Jul-1946

Profession: writer, Catholic priest, translator, author, journalist, linguist

Nationality: Ireland

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

James Vincent Murphy (7 July 1880 – 5 July 1946) was an Irish translator, writer, and journalist, who published one of the first complete English translations of Mein Kampf in 1939.James Murphy attended St.
Patrick's College.
He was ordained a priest at St.
Patrick's College Chapel in Maynooth, in 1905. He left clerical service, and by 1920 was married and working as a journalist.
Before the Second World War he lived for some time in Italy and Germany. James Vincent Murphy has been accused of translating the German word "Hakenkreuz" (Hooked Cross) which Nazis called their symbol, as "Swastika", a Hindu religious symbol signifying prosperity and wellness.
However, in European and Indo-European tradition the Swastika is the symbol of the cyclic nature of time and space.
The Swastika has been found throughout Europe and especially in Scandinavian Bronze age inscriptions.