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Erasmus Smith's Professor Of Hebrew
The Erasmus Smith's Professor of Hebrew is a professorship at Trinity College Dublin. A lectureship in Oriental Languages had been founded in 1637 and later endowed by Erasmus Smith's estate in 1724. The endowment was increased in 1762 to create a Professorship in Oriental Languages. The title of the chair changed to Professor of Hebrew in 1849. The chair was elevated to a Regius Professorship in 1855 by Royal Statute. However, the Board of Trinity College did not issue a decree setting out the duties or salary of the Professorship and it was presumed that the Professorship did not actually exist until called into creation by decree. By 1878, the Board had postponed the regular creation of the Regius Professorship and the title reverted to Erasmus Smith's Professor of Hebrew. Succession of professors since 1762 Erasmus Smith's Professors of Oriental Languages * William Martin (1762) * Christopher Hudson (1764) * John Forsayeth (1764) * William Hales (1782) * Gerald Fitzgerald (179 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trinity College Dublin
Trinity College Dublin (), officially titled The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, and legally incorporated as Trinity College, the University of Dublin (TCD), is the sole constituent college of the University of Dublin in the Republic of Ireland. Founded by Queen Elizabeth I in 1592 through a royal charter, it is one of the extant seven "ancient university, ancient universities" of Great Britain and Ireland. Trinity contributed to Irish literature during the Georgian era, Georgian and Victorian era, Victorian eras, and areas of the natural sciences and medicine. Trinity was established to consolidate the rule of the Tudor dynasty, Tudor monarchy in Ireland, with Provost (education), Provost Adam Loftus (bishop), Adam Loftus christening it after Trinity College, Cambridge. Built on the site of the former Priory of All Hallows demolished by King Henry VIII, it was the Protestant university of the Protestant Ascendancy, Ascendancy ruling eli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regius Professor
A Regius Professor is a university Professor (highest academic rank), professor who has, or originally had, Monarchy of the United Kingdom, royal patronage or appointment. They are a unique feature of academia in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The Regius Professor of Medicine (Aberdeen), first Regius Professorship was in the field of medicine, and founded by the Scottish King James IV of Scotland, James IV at the University of Aberdeen in 1497. Regius chairs have since been instituted in various universities, in disciplines judged to be fundamental and for which there is a continuing and significant need. Each was established by an English, Scottish, or British monarch, and following proper advertisement and interview through the offices of the university and the national government, the current monarch still appoints the professor (except for those at Trinity College Dublin in Ireland, which left the United Kingdom in 1922). This royal imprimatur, and the re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Forsayeth
John Forsayeth (15 July 1736 – 17 April 1785) was Archdeacon of Cork from 1782 until his death. Forsayeth was born in County Cork and educated at Trinity College, Dublin, where he became a Fellow in 1762 and Professor of Hebrew in 1764. He served a curacy at St Peter, Cork. After that, he held the college living at Rahy and Clondahorky and the accompanying Prebend at Raphoe Cathedral. In 1782 he became the incumbent at Dunisky."Clerical and Parochial Records of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross" Brady, W.M. Vol I p319: London; Longmans Longman, also known as Pearson Longman, is a publishing company founded in 1724 in London, England, which is owned by Pearson PLC. Since 1968, Longman has been used primarily as an imprint by Pearson's Schools business. The Longman brand is ...; 1864 References Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Fellows of Trinity College Dublin Academics of Trinity College Dublin Archdeacons of Cork Christian clergy from County Cork 1736 births 1785 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Hales
William Hales (8 April 1747 – 30 January 1831) was an Irish clergyman and scientific writer. He was born in Cork, Ireland, the son of Samuel Hales, the curate at the cathedral church there. He went to Trinity College, Dublin in 1764 and became a fellow there, graduating with a BA and DD. He later became professor of Hebrew at the university. In 1778 he published ''Sonorum doctrina rationalis et experimentalis'' a study, based on experiments, of Newton's theory of sounds. In 1782 he published ''De motibus planetarum dissertatio'', another study of Newtonian theory, this time on the motions of the planets in eccentric orbits. In 1784 he had printed at his own expense ''Analysis aequationum'', a mathematical text for which he was complimented by Joseph Louis Lagrange. In 1788 Dr. Hales resigned as professor having been appointed Church of Ireland rector of Killeshandra, County Cavan the year before, and lived there for the rest of his life. In 1791 he married and he and his wife ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Barrett (Hebrew Scholar)
John Barrett (1753 – 15 November 1821) of Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, was a noted Hebrew scholar. Career Barrett was born the son of a Church of Ireland priest in County Laois. He was known as a Trinity College Dublin don Don, don or DON and variants may refer to: Places *Don (river), a river in European Russia *Don River (other), several other rivers with the name * Don, Benin, a town in Benin * Don, Dang, a village and hill station in Dang district, Gu ... for most of his career and was recognized as an eccentric. He saved his income and left £80,000 "to feed the hungry and clothe the naked" upon his death. References External links * Barrett writing on Jonathan Swift {{DEFAULTSORT:Barrett, John 1753 births 1821 deaths Scholars and academics from County Laois Academics of Trinity College Dublin Hebraists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franc Sadleir
Franc Sadleir 'formerly'' Francis(13 June 1775 – 11 May 1851) was an Irish academic who served as the 28th Provost of Trinity College Dublin from 1837 to 1851. Early life and education Sadleir was the youngest son of Thomas Sadleir, barrister, by his first wife, Rebecca, eldest daughter of William Woodward of Clough Prior, County Tipperary. He was educated at Trinity College Dublin, where he was elected a Scholar in 1794 and a fellow in 1805. He graduated B.A. 1795, M.A. 1805, B.D. and D.D. 1813. Academic career In 1816, 1817, and 1823 he was Donnellan lecturer at his college; from 1825 to 1835 Erasmus Smith's Professor of Mathematics, and from 1833 to 1838 Regius Professor of Greek. In politics, he was a Whig and an advocate of Catholic emancipation. With the Duke of Leinster, the archbishop of Dublin, and others, he was one of the first commissioners to administer funds for the education of the poor in Ireland in 1831. In 1833, he was appointed, with the Primate, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Henthorn Todd
James Henthorn Todd (23 April 1805 – 28 June 1869) was a biblical scholar, educator, and Irish historian. He is noted for his efforts to place religious disagreements on a rational historical footing, for his advocacy of a liberal form of Protestantism, and for his endeavors as an educator, librarian, and scholar in Irish history. Early life He was the son of Charles Hawkes Todd, a professor of surgery, and Eliza Bentley, and was the oldest of fifteen children. Noted physician Robert Bentley Todd, Very Rev. William Gowan Todd, and physician Armstrong Todd were among his younger brothers. His father died a year after he received a B.A. from Trinity College in 1825, diminishing his prospects for success. However, he was able to remain at the college by tutoring and editing a church periodical. Professional life He obtained a premium in 1829, and two years later was elected Fellow, taking deacon's orders in the same year. From that time until 1850, when he became a Senio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Kingsmill Abbott
Reverend Thomas Kingsmill Abbott (26 March 1829 – 18 December 1913) was an Irish scholar and educator. Biography Abbott was born in Dublin and was educated at Trinity College. He was elected a scholar in 1848, graduated in 1851 as a senior moderator in mathematics and was made a fellow of the college in 1854. He obtained an M.A. and a D.Litt. (1891) from Trinity, and was ordained a minister in the Church of Ireland. In 1852 he solved a geometrical problem posed by J. J. Sylvester. He occupied the chair of moral philosophy (1867–72), of biblical Greek (1875–88), and of Hebrew (1879–1900). In 1887 he was elected librarian in Trinity and, in 1900, completed catalogues of the library's manuscript holdings. He became a senior fellow in 1897. He was one of a group of Irish scholars, including J. P. Mahaffy, who made significant contributions to the dissemination and study of the works of Immanuel Kant. His translation of Kant's '' Critique of Practical Reason'' remained t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Gwynn
Robert Malcolm Gwynn (26 April 1877 – 25 June 1962) was a Church of Ireland clergyman and academic whose entire working life was spent at Trinity College Dublin. In his youth, he was also an outstanding cricketer. Several of Robin Gwynn's close kin were also noted cricketers. His brother John played first-class cricket in India, whilst two further brothers (Lucius and Arthur) also represented Ireland, as did his cousin Donough O'Brien. His nephew John David Gwynn John David Gwynn (13 July 1907 – 21 November 1998) was a civil engineer with a special interest in renewable energy generation.''Irish Times'', 31 December 1998 In his youth he was one of Ireland's most distinguished cricketers. John David G ... also played for Dublin University. Photographs D U XI 1895.jpg, The 1895 team showing Lucius Gwynn (captain, seated centre), Arthur Gwynn (back row centre), Robin Gwynn (back row right) D U XI 1898.jpg, The 1898 team with Robin Gwynn (centre) as captain Rev Robi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacob Weingreen
Jacob Weingreen (January 1908 – 11 April 1995) was an Irish professor of Hebrew in Trinity College, Dublin – School of Religion and Theology between 1939 and 1979. He excavated in Samaria and maintained contact with archaeologists who donated pieces to the Weingreen Museum of Biblical Antiquities which was named after him. Professor Weingreen was the author of ''A Practical Grammar for Classical Hebrew'', a textbook that is still recognized as the standard teaching work on the subject. In 1961 Weingreen was president of the Society for Old Testament Study The Society for Old Testament Study (SOTS) is a learned society, based in the British Isles, of professional scholars and others committed to the study of the Hebrew Bible / Old Testament. History SOTS was inaugurated at King's College, London on .... Works *''A Practical Grammar for Classical Hebrew'', Oxford University Press; 1st edition, 1955; 2nd edition, 1959. References Academics of Trinity College Dublin 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
