List of Scholars of Trinity College, Dublin
Announcement of new Fellows and Scholars of Trinity College, Dublin on Trinity Monday, 2013.
This is a list of notable individuals elected as Scholars of Trinity College, Dublin. Foundation Scholarship ("Schols") examinations have been held at Trinity since its establishment in 1592; the scholarship is awarded to those who achieve a first class honours in searching supplementary examinations held the week before Hilary term begins. Typically less than 1% of the undergraduate population is awarded the scholarship. Benefits include waived fees, rooms in college and dining rights at Commons. The subject and year of scholarship are included in brackets after each awardee's name.
Arts and Entertainment
- Lenny Abrahamson (Mental and Moral Science, 1988), Oscar-nominated film director.[1]
- Samuel Beckett (Modern Languages, 1926), dramatist and Nobel laureate.[1]
- Jack Gleeson (Philosophy and Theology, 2012), actor.[1]
- Abie Philbin Bowman (History and English, 2002), comedian and journalist. [2]
- Matthew Pilkington (Classics, 1721), satirist and art historian.[3]
- Norman Rodway (Classics, 1948), actor.[1]
- James White (Classics, 1778), historical novelist.[4]
Broadcasting and Journalism
- James David Bourchier (Classics, 1871), Balkans correspondent for the The Times, advisor to Tzar Ferdinand of Bulgaria.[5]
- Douglas Gageby (Modern Languages, 1940), editor of the Irish Times.[1]
Humanities and Social Sciences
- James Auchmuty (Modern History and Political Science, 1929), historian, wartime MI6 propagandist, inaugural vice-chancellor, University of Newcastle, Australia.[1]
- George Berkeley (Classics, 1702), philosopher.[6]
- J.B. Bury (Classics, 1879), Byzantine scholar, Regius Professor of Modern History at Cambridge University and mentor to Steven Runciman.[7]
- Roy Foster (History and Political Science, 1969), Carroll Professor of Irish History, Hertford College, Oxford.[1]
- Edward Hincks (Classics, 1810), Assyriologist and orientalist.[8]
- Heather Jones (History and English Literature, 1998), World War I expert and Associate Professor of International History, London School of Economics.[1]
- Bartholomew Lloyd (Classics, 1790), classicist, mathematician and Provost of Trinity College, Dublin.[9] Father of Humphrey Lloyd, also a scholar and Provost of Trinity.
- John V. Luce (Classics, 1939), classical scholar.
- F.S.L. Lyons (Modern History and Political Science, 1943), historian and Provost of Trinity College, Dublin.[1]
- John Pentland Mahaffy (Classics, 1857), classical scholar and polymath.[10]
- R.B. McDowell (Modern History and Political Science, 1936), historian.[1]
- Annette Jocelyn Otway-Ruthven (Modern History and Political Science, 1929), medieval historian and Lecky Professor of History at Trinity College Dublin, 1951-1981.[1]
- Kevin O'Rourke (Economics and Mathematics, 1982), Chichele Professor of Economic History, All Souls College, Oxford.[1]
- Franc Sadleir (Classics, 1794), Regius Professor of Greek and later Provost of Trinity College, Dublin. Advocate for Catholic emancipation.[11]
- Brendan Simms (History, 1986), Professor of the History of International Relations, Cambridge University.[1]
- William Bedell Stanford (Classics, 1929), senator and Regius Professor of Greek, Trinity College, Dublin.[1]
- Robert Walsh (Classics, 1794), historian, writer, clergyman and physician.[12]
- Calder Walton, historian and current Ernest May Fellow in History and Policy, Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
- James Whitelaw (Classics, 1769), historian, writer, statistician and philanthropist.[13]
- George Newenham Wright (Classics, 1812), writer and clergyman.[14]
Law, Politics and Government
- Francis Blackburne (Classics, 1801), Lord Chancellor of Ireland.[15]
- Robert Bradford (Modern Languages, 1940), Ulster Unionist Party MP.[1]
- Isaac Butt (Classics, 1832), Irish nationalist MP and barrister.[16]
- Declan Budd (Modern History and Political Science, 1964), High Court judge.[1]
- Richard Collins, Baron Collins (Classics, 1861), Anglo-Irish lawyer and judge.[17]
- Conor Cruise O'Brien (Modern Languages, 1937), politician, writer and academic.[1]
- Donal Donovan (Economics and Social Studies, 1972), former Deputy Director of the International Monetary Fund, member of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and expert on financial crises.[1]
- Gerald FitzGibbon (Classics, 1858), renowned Irish barrister and judge.[18]
- William Greatrakes (Classics, 1744), barrister and supposed author of the Letters of Junius, which openly criticised the government of King George III.[19]
- Dodgson Hamilton Madden (1860), Irish Unionist Party MP.[20]
- Denis Caulfield Heron (Classics, 1845), lawyer barred from taking up his scholarship due to his Catholicism.[21]
- Sir James Hogg, 1st Baronet (Classics, 1808), Conservative MP, director and chairman of the East India Company.[22]
- Philip R. Lane (Economics and Social Studies, 1989), Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland.[1]
- Hugh Law (Classics, 1837), Lord Chancellor of Ireland.[23]
- James Anthony Lawson (Classics, 1836), lawyer, judge and Attorney-General for Ireland.[24]
- Brian Lenihan, Jnr (Legal Science, 1979), politician and former Minister for Finance during the Irish economic downturn.[1]
- Rory Montgomery (History, 1979), civil servant and former Ambassador of Ireland to France and the European Union.[1]
- Dermot MacDermot (Modern Languages, 1927), former British Ambassador to Indonesia and Thailand, Prince of Coolavin.[1]
- David Norris (English Literature and Language, 1965), senator, gay rights activist and former presidential candidate.[1]
- Colm O'Reardon (Economics and Social Studies, 1990), former economic policy advisor to Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore.[1]
- Louis Perrin (Classics, 1799), Whig MP, barrister and close friend of Robert Emmet.[25]
- Mary Robinson (Legal Science, 1965), former President of Ireland and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.[1]
- Owen Sheehy-Skeffington (Modern Languages, 1929), senator.[1]
- Sir Edward Sullivan, 1st Baronet (Classics, 1843), Irish lawyer and Liberal MP.[26]
- John Edward Walsh (Classics, 1835), barrister, Conservative MP and Attorney-General for Ireland. Son of Robert Walsh, also a scholar.[27]
- Arthur Wolfe, 1st Viscount Kilwarden (Classics, 1755), politician and Lord Chief Justice of Ireland.[28]
Mathematics and Science
- William Allman (Classics, 1795), botanist.[29]
- Robert Stawell Ball (Mathematics, 1859), astronomer.[30]
- Mervyn A. Ellison (Experimental Science, 1930), astronomer and authority on solar flares.[1]
- Humphrey Lloyd (Classics, 1818), physicist and Provost of Trinity College, Dublin. Son of Bartholomew Lloyd, also a scholar and Provost of Trinity.[31]
- Jones Quain (Classics, 1814), anatomist.[32]
- Thomas Romney Robinson (Classics, 1808), astronomer and physicist. Awarded his scholarship aged fourteen.[33]
- Robert Henry Scott (Classics, 1853), meteorology and President of the Royal Meteorological Society.[34]
- David J. Simms (Mathematics, 1952), mathematician.[1]
- Anthony Traill (Mathematics, 1858), Provost of Trinity College, Dublin.[35]
- John Lighton Synge (Mathematics, 1919), mathematician and physicist.[29]
- Henry Ussher (Classics, 1759), astronomer.[36]
- Ernest Walton (Mathematics, 1924), physicist and Nobel Prize winner.[37]
- Trevor West (Mathematics, 1958), mathematician and senator.[1]
Religion
- Theophilus Bolton (Classics, 1695), Church of Ireland bishop.[38]
- Roger Boyle (Classics, 1638), Church of Ireland bishop.[39]
- William Daniel (Classics, 1594), Church of Ireland archbishop. One of the first appointed scholars.[40]
- Charles D'Arcy (Mathematics, 1880), Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin.[41]
- Patrick Delany (Classics, 1704), theologian.[42]
- Thomas Elrington (Classics, 1778), Church of Ireland bishop, theologian, mathematician and Provost of Trinity College, Dublin.[43]
- David F. Ford (Classics, 1968), Regius Professor of Divinity, Cambridge University.[1]
- Stanley Gower (Classics, 1621), puritan minister and member of the Westminster Divines.[44]
- Charles Graves (Classics, 1832), Church of Ireland bishop, president of the Royal Irish Academy and noted mathematician.[45]
- George Hamond (Classics, 1637), ejected nonconformist minister.[46]
- Arthur Kenney (Classics, 1793), Church of Ireland clergyman.[47]
- Richard Frederick Littledale (Classics, 1852), Church of Ireland clergyman.[48]
- Henry McAdoo (Modern Languages, 1936), Church of Ireland clergyman.[1]
- Mortimer O'Sullivan (Classics, 1813), Church of Ireland convert and clergyman, Orange Order member.[49]
- William Reeves (Classics, 1833), Church of Ireland bishop and antiquary.[50]
- Philip Skelton (Classics, 1726), Church of Ireland clergyman and writer.[51]
- George Simms (Classics, 1930), Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin.[1]
- Edward Smyth (Classics, 1678), Church of Ireland bishop.[52]
- Joseph Stock (Classics, 1759), Church of Ireland bishop.[53]
- William Tisdall (Classics, 1692), Church of Ireland clergyman and writer.[54]
- James Ussher (Classics, 1594), Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland. One of the first appointed scholars.[55]
Sports
- Hugo MacNeill (Economic and Social Studies, 1979), former Irish rugby international and British and Irish Lions player.[1]
See also
- List of Chancellors of the University of Dublin.
- List of Professorships at the University of Dublin.
- List of Provosts of Trinity College, Dublin.
- List of Trinity College Dublin people.
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 "List of Scholars". TCD Life. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ "Scholars of Trinity College" (PDF). Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ↑ "Matthew Pilkington". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ "James White". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ "James David Bourchier". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ "George Berkeley". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ "J.B. Bury". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ "Edward Hincks". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ "Bartholomew Lloyd". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ "John Pentland Mahaffy". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ "Franc Sadleir". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ "Robert Walsh". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ "James Whitelaw". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ "George Newenham Wright". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ "Francis Blackburne". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ "Isaac Butt". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ "Richard Collins". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ "Gerald FitzGibbon". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ "William Greatrakes". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ "Dodgson Hamilton Madden". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ "Denis Caulfield Heron". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ "Sir James Weir Hogg". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ "Hugh Law". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ "James Anthony Lawson". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ "Louis Perrin". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ "Sir Edward Sullivan". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ "John Edward Walsh". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ "Arthur Wolfe". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- 1 2 "William Allman". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ "Robert Stawell Ball". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ "Humphrey Lloyd". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ "Jones Quain". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ "Thomas Romney Robinson". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ "Robert Henry Scott". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ "Anthony Traill". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ "Henry Ussher". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ "Ernest Walton". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ "Theophilus Bolton". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ "Roger Boyle". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ "William Daniel". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ "Charles D'Arcy". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ "Patrick Delany". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ "Thomas Elrington". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ "Stanley Gower". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ "Charles Graves". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ "George Hamond". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ "Arthur Kenney". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ "Richard Frederick Littledale". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ "Mortimer O'Sullivan". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ "William Reeves". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ "Philip Skelton". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ "Edward Smyth". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ "Joseph Stock". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ "William Tisdall". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ "James Ussher". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
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