George Browne (provost)

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.

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)

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