John Kearney, D.D. (10 August 1744 – 22 May 1813) was an Irish academic and bishop who served as the 23rd Provost of Trinity College Dublin from 1799 to 1806. He was the Church of Ireland Bishop of Ossory from 1806 to 1813.[2][3]
John Kearney | |
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 Portrait by William Cuming, c. 1810.[1] | |
| 23rd Provost of Trinity College Dublin | |
| In office 30 July 1799 – 19 January 1806 | |
| Preceded by | Richard Murray |
| Succeeded by | George Hall |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 August 1744 Dublin, Ireland |
| Died | 22 May 1813 (aged 68) Kilkenny, Ireland |
| Resting place | Trinity College Chapel |
| Alma mater | Trinity College Dublin |
Early life edit
Kearney was born in Dublin in 1744, the son of a barber-surgeon, and the younger brother of Michael Kearney.[2]
Kearney was elected a Scholar of Trinity College Dublin in 1760 and a Fellow in 1764.
Academic career edit
He held the Chair of Oratory from 1781 until his appointment as Provost in July 1799.[1]
Kearney was nominated Bishop of Ossory on 4 January and appointed by letters patent on 20 January 1806. He was consecrated at Trinity College Chapel on 2 February 1806, by Charles Agar, Archbishop of Dublin, assisted by Charles Lindsay, Bishop of Kildare and Nathaniel Alexander, Bishop of Down and Connor. His replacement as Provost was George Hall.[4] That year, Kearney was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in May 1806.[5]
References edit
- ^ a b John Kearney. Trinity College Website, Retrieved on 13 September 2009.
- ^ a b McDowell, R. B. "Kearney, John (1744–1813), provost of Trinity College, Dublin, and bishop of Ossory". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/15212. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 404. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- ^ Carter, Philip. "Hall, George (bap. 1753, d. 1811)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/11958. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Library and Archive Catalogue". The Royal Society. Retrieved 5 November 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Cotton, Henry (1848). The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland. Fasti ecclesiae Hiberniae. Vol. 2, The Province of Leinster. Dublin: Hodges and Smith. p. 290.
