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Rathmines School
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Rathmines School[1] was a Church of Ireland secondary school in the suburb of Rathmines, Dublin: it opened in 1855 and closed in 1899.[2] In all 2,190 pupils attended the school.[3]
Key Information
The school was located at 48 Lower Rathmines Road. The founder of the school and headmaster for over 40 years was Reverend Dr Charles William Benson.[4]
Notable pupils
[edit]- Edward Vaughan Boulger (1846– 11 August 1910), Professor of Classics in the University of Adelaide. Taught at Rathmines c. 1870–1871
- Henry Horatio Dixon FRS[5] (19 May 1869, Dublin – 20 December 1953, Dublin) plant biologist and professor at Trinity College Dublin.[5]
- Evelyn Charles Hodges (8 August 1887 – 18 March 1980)[6] Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe, 1943[7] to 1960[8] and died on 18 March 1980.[6]
- John Joly FRS (1 November 1857 – 8 December 1933) physicist and professor of geology at the University of Dublin[9]
- James Bennett Keene (25 October 1849 – 5 August 1919)[10]Bishop of Meath from 1897 to 1919
- Septimus Drummond "Sep" Lambert (3 August 1876 in Dublin, Ireland – 21 April 1959 in Dublin)[11] cricketer.[12]
- Hugh Jackson Lawlor (11 December 1860 – 26 December 1938) priest[13] and author[14]
- Walter Frederick Osborne(17 June 1859 – 24 April 1903) artist[15]
- Arthur Alcock Rambaut (21 September 1859 – 14 October 1923) astronomer[16]
- Daniel Frederick Rambaut (6 August 1865 – 30 November 1937) psychiatrist[17] and rugby player[18]
References
[edit]- ^ National Archives
- ^ National Library of Ireland
- ^ Trove
- ^ Curtis, Maurice (5 April 2019). "The Little Book of Rathmines". The History Press. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
- ^ a b Atkins, William Ringrose Gelston (1954). "Henry Horatio Dixon. 1869-1953". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 9 (1): 78–26. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1954.0007. JSTOR 769200. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
- ^ a b Deaths The Times Monday, 24 Mar 1980; pg. 28; Issue 60583; col B
- ^ The Times, Thursday, 4 Feb 1943; pg. 7; Issue 49461; col C Ecclesiastical News Irish Bishop Consecrated
- ^ The Bishop Of Limerick To Retire (Official Appointments and Notices) The Times Thursday, 28 Jul 1960; pg. 12; Issue 54835; col F
- ^ Jackson, Patrick N. Wyse. "John Joly". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ^ The Times, 6 August 1919; pg. 7; Issue 42171; col E, Obituary. The Bishop Of Meath
- ^ Cricket Archive profile
- ^ "CricketEurope Stats Zone profile". Archived from the original on 21 November 2008. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
- ^ He was Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin from 1924 to 1933 > The Times, Thursday, 9 Mar 1933; pg. 15; Issue 46388; col D Ecclesiastical News The Dean of St Patrick’s to resign
- ^ Amongst others he wrote "Chapters on the Book of Mulling", 1897; "Thoughts on Belief and Life", 1900; "The Reformation and the Irish Episcopate", 1906; "Essays on the Ecclesiastical History of Eusebius of Cæsarea", 1912; "St Malachy of Armagh", 1920; "The Martyrology of Tallaght ", 1931; and"The Deaneries of St. Patrick’s" > British Library website accessed 20:42 GMT 14 February 2017
- ^ White, Lawrence William. "Osborne, Walter Frederick". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ^ Obituary, The Observatory, Vol. 46, pp. 326-327 (1923)
- ^ 'Obituary', Journal of Mental Science, January 1938
- ^ Daniel Rambaut rugby player profile scrum.com