Trinity College, University of Dublin

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Family and Intimate relationships Katharine Tynan
They held their marriage ceremony at the home of the MeynellWilfrid Meynell s in Palace Court, London. On her marriage KT took her husband's name for social and personal purposes, although she continued to publish...
Education John Millington Synge
JMS took his first violin lesson in Dublin. Two years later, in November 1889, he enrolled in the Royal Irish Academy of Music while also attending Trinity College .
Saddlemyer, Ann. “Introduction and Chronology”. The Collected Letters of John Millington Synge, Oxford University Press, p. ix - xxvi.
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Education John Millington Synge
JMS enrolled at Trinity College , Dublin, where he remained a student until he received his BA on 15 December 1892. Most notable among the courses he took were Irish and Hebrew.
Saddlemyer, Ann. “Introduction and Chronology”. The Collected Letters of John Millington Synge, Oxford University Press, p. ix - xxvi.
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Cultural formation John Millington Synge
He was disappointed when he wished to learn a little of the Irish language and found that Trinity College 's expert on the subject was a clergyman who made him read a crabbed version of...
Textual Production John Millington Synge
An exhibition of these photographs (now owned by Trinity College , Dublin) was shown in 2009-10, marking the centenary of Synge's death, first on Inis Meáin (the middle one of the Aran Islands)...
Reception Sydney Owenson, Lady Morgan
Professionally, Morgan was a notable success. She was a canny businesswoman, never afraid to assert herself against an established publisher or seek out a new one. This paid off in a remarkable level of earnings...
politics Anna Swanwick
The husband drew up his will in 1884, leaving the bulk of his fortune for women's education and clearly explaining why. It is women who have hitherto had the worst of life, and I therefore...
Reception Edith Somerville
ES received an Honorary DLitt from Trinity College, Dublin .
Collis, Maurice. Somerville and Ross: A Biography. Faber and Faber.
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Education Jo Shapcott
JS took her first-class Honours BA in English at Trinity College, Dublin (after a course during the span of which she had also studied at the Dublin College of Music).
Arc Publications. http://www.arcpublications.co.uk/index.htm.
“Contemporary Authors”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Centre-LRC.
Textual Production Clara Reeve
In old age, looking back at a lifetime of writing designed to support moral, political, and literary good causes as well as to earn her money, CR supposed that she would burn the several drawers...
Wealth and Poverty Emily Jane Pfeiffer
Money from the Pfeiffer trust was also given to Newnham , Girton , and Somerville College s, and many other institutions and agencies promoting women's education, including the Maria Grey Training College and the Society for Promoting the Employment of Women
Education Kate O'Brien
KOB entered University College, Dublin , on a county council scholarship to read French and English (though some relations favoured a safe job instead).
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Employer Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin
While working on her B. Litt at Oxford, ENC began teaching Renaissance literature at Trinity College , Dublin, where she later served as Dean of the Faculty of Arts. She remained one of a...
Family and Intimate relationships Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin
ENC 's brother, Cormac Ó Cuilleanáin (born 14 November 1950), is a professor and head of the Italian department at Trinity College as well as an author of crime fiction. He and ENC have collaborated...
Textual Production Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin
ENC 's other scholarly work consists of numerous chapters, articles, and edited collections on feminism, Irish history, and Early Modern and Renaissance English literature as well as translation. Her Acts and Monuments of an Unelected...

Timeline

3 March 1592: Elizabeth I granted the founding charter...

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3 March 1592

Elizabeth I granted the founding charter for Trinity College, Dublin.

Late 1689: John Locke published three important works:...

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Late 1689

John Locke published three important works: An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, his anonymous Letter concerning Toleration (in English form), and Two Treatises of Government.

5 April 1867: The School of Physic (Ireland) Amendment...

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5 April 1867

The School of Physic (Ireland) Amendment Act opened several Professorships at the University of Dublin (Trinity College) to all qualified persons regardless of religious affiliation.

January 1904: Trinity College, Dublin, began admitting...

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January 1904

Trinity College, Dublin, began admitting women students on equal terms with men: the first ancient university in the British Isles to do so.

31 October 1910: Frances Olive Underhill, a graduate of Royal...

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31 October 1910

Frances Olive Underhill , a graduate of Royal Holloway College , was appointed by E. W. B. Nicholson Assistant Librarian at the Bodleian : the first woman so appointed in England, after considerable infighting and...

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