Announcement of new Fellows and Scholars of Trinity College Dublin on Trinity Monday, 2013 This is a list of individuals elected as Scholars ofTrinity College Dublin . Described by Trinity College as "the most prestigious undergraduate award in the country",[ 1]
Schols is awarded to those who achieve a first class honours average in a set of challenging voluntary examinations, held in January the week before Hilary term begins, which test a student's ability to "consistently demonstrate exceptional knowledge and understanding of their subjects".[ 1]
Former scholars include twoNobel Prize winners, one head of state (Mary Robinson ), several government ministers, anAcademy Award nominee (Lenny Abrahamson ), and nineProvosts of Trinity College Dublin itself.
The subject and year of scholarship are included in brackets after each awardee's name below.
Arts and entertainment [ edit ] Lenny Abrahamson (Mental and Moral Science, 1988), Oscar-nominated film director.[ 2] Samuel Beckett (Modern Languages, 1926), dramatist andNobel laureate.[ 2] Jonny Donahoe (English and Anglo-Saxon, 2004), British comedian, writer and performer.[ 2] Jack Gleeson (Philosophy and Theology, 2012), actor best known forGame of Thrones [ 2] Claire Hennessy (History and English, 2007), writer and editor.[ 3] George Jackson (Music, 2007), conductor.[ 2] Declan Kiberd (Modern Languages and Literature, 1971), writer and academic.[ 2] Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh (Theoretical Physics, 1999), fiddler.[ 2] Micheal O'Siadhail (Celtic Languages, 1966), Poet.[ 2] Abie Philbin Bowman (History and English, 2002), comedian and journalist.[ 4] Matthew Pilkington (Classics, 1721), satirist and art historian.[ 5] Norman Rodway (Classics, 1948), actor.[ 2] Sally Rooney (English, 2011), novelist.[ 2] James White (Classics, 1778), historical novelist.[ 6] Broadcasting and journalism [ edit ] Economics and public policy [ edit ] George Alexander Duncan (Classics, 1920), economist and Pro-Chancellor of theUniversity of Dublin .[ 8] Francis Ysidro Edgeworth (1865), economist who made significant contributions to the methods of statistics and founding editor ofThe Economic Journal .[ 9] W. M. Gorman (Mathematics, 1943), economist and mathematician. The Gorman Prize, for the highest grades in the MSc in Economics at Trinity, is named in his honour.[ 10] John Kells Ingram (Mathematics, 1840), economist, poet, and mathematician.[ 11] Morgan Kelly (Economic and Social Studies 1982), economist and economic historian. Probably most note-worthy predictor of the Irish economic crisis and theIrish property bubble ; he wrote onECB and Irish Government response to it.Philip R. Lane (Economics and Social Studies, 1989), Chief Economist of theEuropean Central Bank . Previously Governor of theCentral Bank of Ireland and former holder of theWhately Chair of Political Economy .[ 2] Michael McMahon (Economics and Social Studies, 1998), Professor of Economics atOxford University and Fellow ofSt. Hugh's College .[ 2] Kevin O'Rourke (Economics and Mathematics, 1982), economic historian, Professor of Economics atNYU Abu Dhabi and formerChichele Professor of Economic History ,All Souls College, Oxford .[ 2] Humanities and political science [ edit ] James Auchmuty (Modern History and Political Science, 1929), historian, wartimeMI6 propagandist, inaugural vice-chancellor,University of Newcastle, Australia .[ 2] George Berkeley (Classics, 1702), philosopher.[ 13] J. B. Bury (Classics, 1879), Byzantine scholar,Regius Professor of Modern History atCambridge University and mentor toSteven Runciman .[ 2] [ 14] Mary Elmes (Modern Literature (French and Spanish), 1931), Irish aid worker that was honoured asRighteous Among the Nations for saving the lives of more than 200 Jewish children during theSecond World War . She also won the gold medal at Trinity.[ 15] [ 16] [ 17] R. F. Foster (History and Political Science, 1969), historian.[ 2] Edward Hincks (Classics, 1810),Assyriologist andorientalist .[ 18] Norman Jeffares (Classics, 1941), literary scholar.[ 2] Heather Jones (History and English Literature, 1998),World War I expert and Associate Professor of International History,London School of Economics .[ 2] Bartholomew Lloyd (Classics, 1790), classicist, mathematician andProvost of Trinity College Dublin .[ 19] George Green Loane (Classics, 1889), classical scholar[ 20] John V. Luce (Classics, 1939), classical scholar.F. S. L. Lyons (Modern History and Political Science, 1943), historian and Provost of Trinity College Dublin.[ 2] John Pentland Mahaffy (Classics, 1857), classical scholar and polymath.[ 21] R. B. McDowell (Modern History and Political Science, 1936), historian.[ 2] Vivian Mercier (Modern Languages, 1938), literary critic.[ 2] Annette Jocelyn Otway-Ruthven (Modern History and Political Science, 1929), medieval historian and Lecky Professor of History at Trinity College Dublin, 1951–1981.[ 2] Franc Sadleir (Classics, 1794),Regius Professor of Greek and later Provost of Trinity College Dublin. Advocate forCatholic emancipation .[ 22] Brendan Simms (History, 1986), Professor of the History of International Relations, Cambridge University.[ 2] William Bedell Stanford (Classics, 1929), senator and Regius Professor of Greek, Trinity College Dublin.[ 2] Robert Walsh (Classics, 1794), historian, writer, clergyman and physician.[ 23] 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.[ 24] George Newenham Wright (Classics, 1812), writer and clergyman.[ 25] [ edit ] Ernest Alton (Classics, 1894), Irish politician, university professor, and Provost of Trinity College Dublin.[ 26] Francis Blackburne (Classics, 1801),Lord Chancellor of Ireland .[ 27] Roy Bradford (Modern Languages, 1940),Ulster Unionist Party MP.[ 2] Isaac Butt (Classics, 1832), Irish nationalist MP and barrister.[ 28] Declan Budd (Modern History and Political Science, 1964),High Court judge.[ 2] Richard Collins, Baron Collins (Classics, 1861),Anglo-Irish lawyer and judge.[ 29] Conor Cruise O'Brien (Modern Languages, 1937), politician, writer and academic.[ 2] Gerald FitzGibbon (Classics, 1858), renowned Irish barrister and judge.[ 30] William Greatrakes (Classics, 1744), barrister and supposed author of theLetters of Junius , which openly criticised the government ofKing George III .[ 31] Dodgson Hamilton Madden (1860),Irish Unionist Party MP.[ 32] Denis Caulfield Heron (Classics, 1845), lawyer barred from taking up his scholarship due to his Catholicism.[ 33] Michael Joseph Hogan – Irish lawyer and Chief Justice of Hong KongSir James Hogg, 1st Baronet (Classics, 1808),Conservative MP, director and chairman of theEast India Company .[ 34] Hugh Law (Classics, 1837), Lord Chancellor of Ireland.[ 35] James Anthony Lawson (Classics, 1836), lawyer, judge andAttorney-General for Ireland .[ 36] Brian Lenihan Jnr (Legal Science, 1979), politician and formerMinister for Finance during theIrish economic downturn .[ 2] Rory Montgomery (History, 1979), civil servant and former Ambassador of Ireland toFrance and theEuropean Union .[ 2] Dermot MacDermot (Modern Languages, 1927), former British Ambassador to Indonesia and Thailand,Prince of Coolavin .[ 2] David Norris (English Literature and Language, 1965), senator, gay rights activist and former presidential candidate.[ 2] Louis Perrin (Classics, 1799),Whig MP, barrister and close friend ofRobert Emmet .[ 37] Mary Robinson (Legal Science, 1965), formerPresident of Ireland andUnited Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights .[ 2] Owen Sheehy-Skeffington (Modern Languages, 1929), senator.[ 2] Sir Edward Sullivan, 1st Baronet (Classics, 1843), Irish lawyer andLiberal MP.[ 38] William Thrift (Mathematics, 1890), Irish politician, university professor, and Provost of Trinity College Dublin.[ 39] John Edward Walsh (Classics, 1835), barrister, Conservative MP and Attorney-General for Ireland. Son of Robert Walsh, also a scholar.[ 40] Arthur Wolfe, 1st Viscount Kilwarden (Classics, 1755), politician andLord Chief Justice of Ireland .[ 41] Mathematics and science [ edit ] William Allman (Classics, 1795), botanist.[ 42] Robert Stawell Ball (Mathematics, 1859), astronomer.[ 43] John Casey (Mathematics, 1861), mathematician specialising inEuclidean geometry .[ 44] David Conlon (Mathematics, 2001),combinatorist .[ 2] Luke Drury (Mathematics, 1973), astrophysicist.[ 2] Mervyn A. Ellison (Experimental Science, 1930), astronomer and authority on solar flares.[ 2] Adrian Hill (Medicine, 1978), vaccinologist and director of theJenner Institute .[ 2] Humphrey Lloyd (Classics, 1818), physicist and Provost of Trinity College Dublin. Son of Bartholomew Lloyd, also a scholar and Provost of Trinity.[ 45] Neil O'Connell (Mathematics, 1987), probabilist.[ 2] Jones Quain (Classics, 1814), anatomist.[ 46] Thomas Romney Robinson (Classics, 1808), astronomer and physicist. Awarded his scholarship aged fourteen.[ 47] Robert Henry Scott (Classics, 1853), meteorology and President of theRoyal Meteorological Society .[ 48] David J. Simms (Mathematics, 1952), mathematician.[ 2] Thomas David Spearman (Mathematics, 1956), mathematical physicist, TCD pro-chancellor and President of the Royal Irish Academy.[ 2] John Lighton Synge (Mathematics, 1919), mathematician and physicist.[ 42] John Sealy Townsend (Mathematics, 1888),mathematical physicist .[ 49] Anthony Traill (Mathematics, 1858), Provost of Trinity College Dublin.[ 50] Henry Ussher (Classics, 1759), astronomer.[ 51] Ernest Walton (Mathematics, 1924), physicist andNobel Prize winner.[ 52] William Arthur Watts (Modern Languages, 1950), botanist and Provost of Trinity College Dublin.[ 2] Trevor West (Mathematics, 1958), mathematician and senator.[ 2] Barbara Gertrude Yates (Mathematics, 1940) mathematician.[ 2] Theophilus Bolton (Classics, 1695),Church of Ireland bishop.[ 53] Roger Boyle (Classics, 1638), Church of Ireland bishop.[ 54] William Daniel (Classics, 1594), Church of Ireland archbishop. One of the first appointed scholars.[ 55] Charles D'Arcy (Mathematics, 1880), Church of IrelandArchbishop of Dublin .[ 56] Patrick Delany (Classics, 1704), theologian.[ 57] Thomas Elrington (Classics, 1778), Church of Ireland bishop, theologian, mathematician and Provost of Trinity College Dublin.[ 58] David F. Ford (Classics, 1968),Regius Professor of Divinity ,Cambridge University .[ 2] Stanley Gower (Classics, 1621),puritan minister and member of theWestminster Divines .[ 59] Charles Graves (Classics, 1832), Church of Ireland bishop, president of theRoyal Irish Academy and noted mathematician.[ 60] Robert Perceval Graves (Classics, 1830), Irish biographer and clergymanGeorge Hamond (Classics, 1637),ejected nonconformist minister.[ 61] Arthur Kenney (Classics, 1793), Church of Ireland clergyman.[ 62] Richard Frederick Littledale (Classics, 1852), Church of Ireland clergyman.[ 63] Richard Mant (Classics, 1794), Church of Ireland bishop.[ 64] Henry McAdoo (Modern Languages, 1936), Church of Ireland clergyman.[ 2] Mortimer O'Sullivan (Classics, 1813), Church of Ireland convert and clergyman,Orange Order member.[ 65] William Reeves (Classics, 1833), Church of Ireland bishop and antiquary.[ 66] Philip Skelton (Classics, 1726), Church of Ireland clergyman and writer.[ 67] George Simms (Classics, 1930), Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin.[ 2] Edward Smyth (Classics, 1678), Church of Ireland bishop.[ 68] Joseph Stock (Classics, 1759), Church of Ireland bishop.[ 69] William Tisdall (Classics, 1692), Church of Ireland clergyman and writer.[ 70] James Ussher (Classics, 1594),Archbishop of Armagh andPrimate of All Ireland . One of the first appointed scholars.[ 71] In Sally Rooney's 2018 novelNormal People TV series based on the novel .
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