Synge is an Irish and British surname. Notable people with the name include: * Cathleen Synge (born 1923), Canadian mathematician a.k.a.

Cathleen Synge Morawetz Cathleen Synge Morawetz (May 5, 1923 – August 8, 2017) was a Canadian mathematician who spent much of her career in the United States. Morawetz's research was mainly in the study of the partial differential equations governing fluid flow, parti ...

* Edward Synge (archbishop of Tuam) (1659–1741), Anglican clergyman who served in the Church of Ireland *

Edward Synge (bishop of Elphin) Edward Synge (1691–1762) was an Anglican bishop in the Church of Ireland who was the Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh (1730–1732), Bishop of Cloyne (1732–1734), Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin (1734–1740) and Bishop of Elphin (1740� ...

(1691–1762), Anglican bishop in the Church of Ireland *

Edward Hutchinson Synge Edward Hutchinson Synge (1 June 1890 – 26 May 1957) was an Irish physicist who published a complete theoretical description of the near-field scanning optical microscope, an instrument used in nanotechnology, several decades before it was exper ...

(1890–1957), inventor of the near-field optical microscope *

John Lighton Synge John Lighton Synge (; 23 March 1897 – 30 March 1995) was an Irish mathematician and physicist, whose seven-decade career included significant periods in Ireland, Canada, and the USA. He was a prolific author and influential mentor, and is cr ...

(1897–1995), Irish mathematician and physicist *

John Millington Synge Edmund John Millington Synge (; 16 April 1871 – 24 March 1909) was an Irish playwright, poet, writer, collector of folklore, and a key figure in the Irish Literary Revival. His best known play '' The Playboy of the Western World'' was poorly ...

(1871–1909), Irish playwright, poet, and prose writer * Mary Helena Synge (1840-1917) Irish composer *

Nicholas Synge Nicholas Synge was an 18th-century Irish Anglican priest. Synge was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He was Rector of Headford and Prebendary of Kilbeg from 1720 until 1731 and Archdeacon of Tuam from 1731 until 1743. He was appointed Pre ...

(died 1771), 18th-century Irish Anglican priest * Patrick Synge (1910–1982), British botanist, writer and plant hunter *

Richard Laurence Millington Synge Richard Laurence Millington Synge FRS FRSE FRIC FRSC MRIA (Liverpool, 28 October 1914 – Norwich, 18 August 1994) was a British biochemist, and shared the 1952 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the invention of partition chromatography with Archer ...

(1914–1994), British biochemist *

Violet Synge Violet Montressor Synge (b.16th May 1896, d. April 1971, Surrey) served as the Girl Guide Chief Commissioner for England. She was a recipient of the Silver Fish Award, the highest adult award in Girlguiding, awarded for outstanding service to Girl ...

Girl Guide Chief Commissioner for England *

William Synge William Webb Follett Synge (25 August 1826 – 29 May 1891) was a British diplomat and author, known for his contributions to ''The Standard'', ''Punch'' and the '' Saturday Review''. Biography William Synge was born in 1826 to the Rev. Robert S ...

(1826-1891), British diplomat and writer

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