Hugh Jackson Lawlor (11 December 1860 – 26 December 1938) was an
Irish Anglican
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priest and author. He is best remembered for his term as
Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin
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.
Hugh Jackson Lawlor was born in
Ballymena
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,
County Antrim
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. He was educated at
Drogheda Grammar School
Drogheda Grammar School is an Irish co-educational multi-denominational school, located on Mornington Road, Drogheda, County Louth.
History
Drogheda Grammar School was founded under Royal Charter in 1669 by Erasmus Smith and is one of the ol ...
,
Rathmines School
Rathmines School was a Church of Ireland secondary school in the suburb of Rathmines, Dublin: it opened in 1855 and closed in 1899. In all 2,190 pupils attended the school.
The school was located at 48 Lower Rathmines Road. The founder of the ...
,
Dublin
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and
Trinity College Dublin
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from where he graduated with BA in mathematics in 1882, getting his MA in 1885. For a while in the 1880s, he was an examiner in mathematics for the Intermediate Board of Education. He was a curate at Christ Church, Kingstown (modern day
Dunleary) from 1885 to 1893 then an assistant to Archbishop King's Lecturer in Divinity at
Trinity College Dublin
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. He was
Senior Chaplain of
St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh from 1893 to 1898 and then
Professor
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of