Henry Joseph Dabzac (1737–12 May 1790) was an Irish academic.[1][2]
Henry Joseph Dabzac | |
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 portrait by Hugh Douglas Hamilton | |
| Born | 1737  Menorca |
| Died | 12 May 1790 (aged 52–53) |
| Position held | Donegall Lectureship at Trinity College Dublin, Regius Professor of Greek, Regius Professor of Laws |
Life and career
editDabzac entered Trinity College Dublin (TCD) (1753), graduated BA (1757), and became a fellow (1760–75)[2] and a senior fellow (1775–90). He was Donegall Lecturer in Mathematics (1764-1769) and gained his BD (1767) and DD (1772). He was Archbishop King's lecturer (1773, 1779), and gained his MA in 1760. He served as Regius Professor of Greek (1775–8) and Erasmus Smith's Professor of Modern History (1778–90) and concurrently was Regius Professor of Laws (1779–82).
In March 1774 he married Catherine Pigou and they had twelve children, of whom four died in infancy.[citation needed]
Dabzac was the librarian at TCD from 1785 until his death.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Dabzac, Henry Joseph Dictionary of Irish Biography Royal Irish Academy
- ^ a b Burtchaell, George Dames; Sadleir, Thomas Ulick (eds), Alumni Dublinenses: a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593-1860), p. 140: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935.