The Book of Trinity College Dublin 1591-1891

by Ireland) Trinity College (Dublin

UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE PROFESSORS AND LECTURERS.

Arranged in Chronological order according to the date of Foundation.

[Those marked (*) are elected annually.]

Regius Professor of Divinity.
[Founded 1607 (? 1600) as Professorship of Divinity; made a Regius Professorship, 1761.]
ELECTED
1888.	John Gwynn, D.D.
	Assistants:
	Thomas D. Gray, M.A.
	*George T. Stokes, D.D.
	*James Walsh, D.D.
	*Henry W. Carson, B.D.
Regius Professor of Physic.
[Founded 1637.]
1880.	Sir John Thomas Banks, K.C.B., M.D.
Regius Professor of Laws.
[Founded 1668.]
1888.	Henry Brougham Leech, LL.D.
Donegal Lecturer in Mathematics.
[Founded 1675.]
	Arthur William Panton, M.A.
Professor of Anatomy and Chirurgery.
[Founded 1711.]
1883.	Daniel John Cunningham, M.D., Sc.D.

	Professor of Botany.
	[Founded 1711.]
	ELECTED
	1869.	Edward Perceval Wright, M.A., M.D.
	Professor of Chemistry.
	[Founded 1711.]
	1875.	James Emerson Reynolds, M.D., Sc.D.
		Assistant: E. A. Werner.
		Demonstrator: William Early.
	*University Anatomist.
	[Founded 1716.]
	1892.	Henry St. John Brooks, M.D., Sc.D.
	Archbishop King’s Lecturer in Divinity.
	[Founded 1718.]
	1888.	John Henry Bernard, B.D.
		Assistants:
		Richard M. Conner, D.D.
		Thomas K. Abbott, B.D.
		*Charles Irvine Graham, B.D.
		*James G. Carleton, B.D.
		*H. Jackson Lawlor, B.D.

Professor of Hebrew.
[Founded by the Board of Erasmus Smith, 1724.]
1879.	Thomas Kingsmill Abbott, B.D., Litt.D.
	Lecturers in Hebrew.
	Richard M. Conner, M.A.
	Thomas T. Gray, M.A.
	Arthur Palmer, M.A.
Erasmus Smith’s Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy.
[Founded 1724.]
1881.	George Francis FitzGerald, M.A.
	Assistants:
	Frederick F. Trouton, B.A.
	John Joly, M.A., Sc.D.
Erasmus Smith’s Professor of Oratory.
[Founded 1724 as a Professorship of Oratory and Modern History; the Modern History was made a separate Chair in 1762.]
1867.	Edward Dowden, LL.D., Litt.D.
Regius Professor of Greek.
[Founded 1761.]
1880.	Robert Yelverton Tyrrell, M.A., Litt.D.
Regius Professor of Feudal and English Law.
[Founded 1761.]
1890.	George Vaughan Hart, LL.D.
Erasmus Smith’s Professor of Mathematics.
[Founded 1762.]
1879.	William Snow Burnside, M.A., Sc.D.
Erasmus Smith’s Professor of Modern History.
[Founded 1762.]
1860.	James William Barlow, M.A.
Professor of Music.
[Founded 1764.]
1862.	Sir Robert Prescott Stewart, Mus. Doc.
Professor of the Romance Languages.
[Founded 1778 as Professorship of Italian and Spanish.]
1867.	Robert Atkinson, LL.D., Litt. D.
Professor of German.
[Founded in 1778 as Professorship of French and German; the Chair of French is now merged in that of Romance Languages.]
1866.	Albert Maximilian Selss, LL.D.

	Royal Astronomer of Ireland, on the Foundation of Dr. Andrews.
	[Founded 1783.]
	1874.	Sir Robert Stawell Ball, LL.D., Sc.D.
	Assistant: Arthur A. Rambaut, M.A., Sc.D.
	*Donnellan Lecturers.
	[Founded 1794.]
	1889.	Frederick Falkiner Carmichael, LL.D.
	1890.	Thomas Lucas Scott, M.A.
	Professor of Political Economy.
	[Founded 1832.]
	1882.	Charles Francis Bastable, LL.D.
	Professor of Moral Philosophy.
	[Founded 1837.]
	1889.	John Isaac Beare, M.A.
	Professor of Biblical Greek.
	[Founded 1838.]
	1888.	Samuel Hemphill, B.D.
	Professor of Irish.
	[Founded 1840.]
	1879.	James Goodman, M.A.
	Professor of Geology and Mineralogy.
	[Founded 1844.]
	1883.	William Johnson Sollas, LL.D.
	University Professor of Natural Philosophy.
	[Founded 1847.]
	1890.	Francis Alexander Tarleton, LL.D., Sc.D.
	Assistant: Anthony Traill, LL.D.
	Professor of Surgery.
	[Founded 1849.]
	1873.	Edward H. Bennett, M.D.
	Professor of Ecclesiastical History.
	[Founded 1850.]
	1883.	George Thomas Stokes, D.D.
	Regius Professor of Surgery.
	[Founded 1852.]
	1891.	Sir George H. Porter, Bart., M.D.
	Professor of Civil Engineering.
	[Founded 1852.]
	1887.	Thomas Alexander, M.A.I.
	Assistant: Walter E. Lilly.

Professor of Arabic, Persian, and Hindustani.
[Founded 1856.]
1861.	Mir Aulad Ali, M.A.
Professor of Zoology.
[Founded 1857.]
1879.	Henry W. Mackintosh, M.A.
Professor of Sanskrit and Comparative Philology.
[Founded 1858.]
1871.	Robert Atkinson, LL.D., Litt.D.
Professor of English Literature.
[Founded 1867.]
1867.	Edward Dowden, LL.D., Litt.D.
Professor of Ancient History.
[Founded 1869.]
1869.	John Pentland Mahaffy, D.D., Mus. Doc.
Professor of Latin.
[Founded 1870.]
1880.	Arthur Palmer, M.A., Litt.D.
Professor of Comparative Anatomy.
[Founded 1872.]
1883.	Henry W. Mackintosh, M.A.
Public Orator.
[Founded 1879.]
1888.	Arthur Palmer, M.A., Litt.D.
Professor of Pastoral Theology.
[Founded 1888.]
1888.	Frederick Richards Wynne, D.D.
Reid Professor of Penal Legislation, Constitutional and Criminal Law, and the Law of Evidence.
[Founded 1888.]
1888.	Richard Robert Cherry, LL.D.
Auditor.
1890.	Hewitt R. Poole, D.D.
External Auditor.
1875.	Amos M. Vereker.

	Librarian.
	1887.	Thomas K. Abbott. B.D., Sc.D.
	Assistant Librarian.
		Thomas V. Keenan, M.A.
	Secretary of the Senate.
	1890.	George F. Shaw, LL.D.
	*Precentor.
	1870.	John P. Mahaffy, D.D., Mus. Doc.
	*Registrar of the Law School.
	1877.	Robert Russell, M.A.
	*Registrar of the School of Physic.
	1879.	Henry W. Mackintosh, M.A.
	*Registrar of the Engineering School.
	1880.	George F. FitzGerald, M.A., Sc.D.
	Curator of the Museum.
	Henry W. Mackintosh, M.A.
	Law Agent and Keeper of the Records.
	John H. Nunn, M.A.
	Assistant to Registrar of University Electors.
	Charles Henry Miller, M.A.
	Accountant.
	A. Grahame Bailey.
	Organist.
	Sir Robert P. Stewart, Mus. Doc.
	Choristers.
	Benjamin Mullen, John Hemsley, T. Grattan Kelly, Thomas Gick, Mus. Doc.; Walter Bapty, William S. North, Melfort D’Alton, Benjamin Mullen jun., M.A.