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Vincent McBrierty

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Vincent Joseph McBrierty (born 1949) is an Irish academic, author, educator, physicist, and researcher.

Career

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An alumnus of St. Mary's Christian Brothers' Grammar School, Belfast, he attended Queen's University Belfast where he read Physics and graduated as a BSc (Hons). He then undertook postgraduate research at Middlesex Hospital Medical School, London from 1964, taking a PhD on the subject of nitrogen oxides.[1]

In 1976, McBrierty joined Trinity College Dublin where he remained throughout his academic career rising to the position of Professor of Physics. He received an Hon ScD from TCD in 1979[2] and was awarded the title of Fellow Emeritus on his retirement.[3] McBrierty was the first Catholic on the academic staff in the Department of Physics at TCD, where he served as a Professor, Dean, and Bursar.

Research

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McBrierty specializes in Irrigation and Water Management as too Soil and Environmental Sciences.

Publications

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McBrierty, V.J., & O'Hanlon, G. The World in Crisis: the Response of the Church, The Furrow, Vol. 63, No. 9 (September 2012), pp. 391–400.[4]

Honours and awards

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References

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  1. ^ McBrierty, Vincent (1964). The electron spin resonance study of the interaction between the polymethacrylates and the nitrogen oxides. London: University of London.
  2. ^ McBrierty, Vincent (1985). Published research papers. ScD thesis. Dublin: Trinity College. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Vincent Mc Brierty: School of Physics – Trinity College Dublin". Tcd.ie. 7 March 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  4. ^ Vincent McBrierty; Gerry O'Hanlon (September 2012). "The World in Crisis: the Response of the Church". The Furrow. 63 (9): 391–400. JSTOR 41709039.
  5. ^ "Vincent McBrierty". Papalorders.ie. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  6. ^ "Constantinian Knight Prof Vincent McBrierty talks on The Eucharist: Communion with Christ and with One another – Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George". Constantinian.org.uk. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
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  • Profile, holysepulchre.ie; accessed 13 November 2016.