Luke Challoner, DD (1550-1613) was an Irish academic. Challoner was born in

Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 ...

and educated at

Trinity College, Cambridge Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any college at either Cambridge or Oxford. ...

. He was one of the three founding fellows of

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. In 1597 he was appointed a Prebendary of Mulhuddart at

St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin Saint Patrick's Cathedral ( ir, Ard-Eaglais Naomh Pádraig) in Dublin, Ireland, founded in 1191 as a Roman Catholic cathedral, is currently the national cathedral of the Church of Ireland. Christ Church Cathedral, also a Church of Ireland cat ...

in 1597. He was the first Regius Professor of Divinity at TCD, serving from 1600 until his death on 27 April 1613.Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860) Burtchaell, G.D./ Sadlier, T.U. p144:

, Alex Thom and Co, 1935

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1550 births 1613 deaths 17th-century Irish Anglican priests Regius Professors of Divinity (University of Dublin) Academics of Trinity College Dublin Fellows of Trinity College Dublin Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Christian clergy from Dublin (city) {{Ireland-academic-bio-stub