George Browne (provost)
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George Browne | |
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16th Provost of Trinity College Dublin | |
In office 1 August 1695 – 5 February 1699 | |
Preceded by | St George Ashe |
Succeeded by | Peter Browne |
Personal details | |
Born | Northumberland, England | 6 January 1649
Died | 5 February 1699 Dublin, Ireland | (aged 50)
Alma mater | Trinity 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
[edit]- ^ "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
- ^ George Browne. Trinity College Dublin. Retrieved 25 July 2016.