Edward Berwick (1804-1877) was an Irish

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and educationalist, and served as President of

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from 1849 until 1877.

Life

Berwick was the younger son of the Rev. Edward Berwick (1750-1820), a

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clergyman who was rector of the parish of Esker,

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, and later vicar of

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. His mother was Edward's second wife Rebecca Shuldham, daughter of Pooley Shuldham of Ballymulvey,

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. Given personal tuition by

Dionysius Lardner Dionysius Lardner FRS FRSE (3 April 179329 April 1859) was an Irish scientific writer who popularised science and technology, and edited the 133-volume '' Cabinet Cyclopædia''. Early life in Dublin He was born in Dublin on 3 April 1793 th ...

, he lived with Lardner at Bray and later in Gardiner St. and gave evidence in the

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case of ''Heaviside v. Lardner'', where Lardner was co-respondent with Mary Spice Heaviside in the action brought by her husband Captain Richard Heaviside. Educated at

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, he graduated in law and was called to the

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in 1832. On the foundation of Queen's College Galway in 1845, Berwick was appointed to the office of Vice-President. The president, Joseph W. Kirwan, died in office in December 1849, and Berwick was appointed to succeed him in 1850. He was mainly an administrator and published very little. He did, however, play a considerable role in structuring the

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degree, and in establishing history and English literature in the curriculum. Berwick died in office in 1877.

Family

He was the younger half-brother of Walter Berwick, the Irish Bankruptcy judge, who was killed in the

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of 1868, along with their sister Elizabeth Mary and a young girl called Louisa Symes, probably a relative, who was travelling with them.Quinn Edward is mentioned in a letter from Walter to Lardner in 1828. Edward gave evidence at the accident inquest (see The Times, Thursday, 27 August 1868; pg. 7; Issue 26214; col D The Accident To The Irish Mail Train.)

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