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George Browne (provost)

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George Browne
16th Provost of Trinity College Dublin
In office
1 August 1695 – 5 February 1699
Preceded bySt George Ashe
Succeeded byPeter Browne
Personal details
Born(1649-01-06)6 January 1649
Northumberland, England
Died5 February 1699(1699-02-05) (aged 50)
Dublin, Ireland
Alma materTrinity College Dublin
(B.A., 1671; D.D., 1675)

George Browne, D.D. (6 January 1649 – 5 February 1699) was an English 17th-century academic who served as the 16th Provost of Trinity College Dublin from 1695 to 1699.

Brown was born in Northumberland in 1649. He entered Trinity College Dublin in 1667 and graduated B.A. in 1671. He became a Fellow in 1673.[1] He became professor of laws in 1886 and professor of divinity in 1693. Browne was Provost from 1695 to 1699.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860 George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir pp102/3: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
  2. ^ George Browne. Trinity College Dublin. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
Academic offices
Preceded by Provost of Trinity College Dublin
1695–1699
Succeeded by