Robert Shawe (circa 1699 to 1752) was an Irish academic who spent his final years as a clergyman. He was
Donegall Lecturer of maths at
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 Unive ...
(TCD) from 1734 to 1735.
Life and career
Shawe was born near
Athenry, in
county Galway
County Galway ( ; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Northern and Western Region, taking up the south of the Provinces of Ireland, province of Connacht. The county population was 276,451 at the 20 ...
, Ireland. He attended TCD, being elected a scholar in 1717. He graduated BA in 1719, obtained MA in 1722, and was elected a Fellow the same year (replacing
Richard Helsham). He was Professor of Oratory and History (1732-1738). In 1734, he was awarded DD and became Donegall Lecturer of Mathematics for a year, also serving as vice-provost (1734-1744). He was appointed
Regius Professor of Laws (1740-1743). In 1743 he became the rector of
Ardstraw, in
County Tyrone
County Tyrone (; ) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the thirty-two traditional counties of Ireland. Its county town is Omagh.
Adjoined to the south-west shore of Lough Neagh, the cou ...
.
["Alumni Dublinenses: a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860)" George Dames Burtchaell/ Thomas Ulick Sadleir p746: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935]
References
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Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
People from Athenry
Donegall Lecturers of Mathematics at Trinity College Dublin
Fellows of Trinity College Dublin
1699 births
1752 deaths
Scientists from County Galway
Christian clergy from County Galway
18th-century Irish Anglican priests