Henry George Murphy

Henry George Murphy (1884-1939)
After the death of his father in 1895, the family moved to London where Murphy studied metalwork and jewellery at Central from 1898 as a day technical apprentice and then at the RCA with Henry Wilson. He also spent some time studying silvermithing with Emil Lettre in Berlin. He taught silversmithing and jewellery at the Central School from 1912 and became Head of the School of Silversmith's work and Allied Crafts. He became Principal of the college in 1935. Murphy established the successful Falcon Studio Workshop in 1915. He was one of the first artist craftsmen to be made an RDI in 1936. He received the Freedom of the Goldsmiths Company in 1929 and became a member of the Court in 1938.

For information about Murphy see the archive on the history of the college.