Rathmines School

Rathmines School[1] was a Church of Ireland secondary school in the suburb of Rathmines, Dublin: it opened in 1855 and closed in 1899.[2] In all 2,190 pupils attended the school.[3]

The school was located at 48 Lower Rathmines Road. The founder of the school and headmaster for over 40 years was Reverend Dr Charles William Benson.[4]

Notable pupils

See also: Category:People educated at Rathmines School

• Edward Vaughan Boulger (1846– 11 August 1910), Professor of Classics in the University of Adelaide. Taught at Rathmines c. 1870–1871
• Henry Horatio Dixon FRS[5] (May 19, 1869, Dublin – December 20, 1953, Dublin) plant biologist and professor at Trinity College Dublin.[5]
• Evelyn Charles Hodges (8 August 1887 - 18 March 1980)[6] Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe, 1943[7] to 1960[8] and died on 18 March 1980.[6]
• John Joly FRS (1 November 1857 – 8 December 1933) physicist and professor of geology at the University of Dublin[9]
• James Bennett Keene (25 October 1849 – 5 August 1919)[10]Bishop of Meath from 1897 to 1919
• Septimus Drummond "Sep" Lambert (3 August 1876 in Dublin, Ireland – 21 April 1959 in Dublin)[11] cricketer.[12]
• Hugh Jackson Lawlor (11 December 1860 - 26 December 1938) priest[13] and author[14]
• Walter Frederick Osborne(17 June 1859 – 24 April 1903) artist[15]
• Arthur Alcock Rambaut (21 September 1859 - 14 October 1923) astronomer[16]
• Daniel Frederick Rambaut (6 August 1865 – 30 November 1937) psychiatrist[17] and rugby player[18]

References

1. National Archives
2. National Library of Ireland
3. Trove
4. Curtis, Maurice (5 April 2019). "The Little Book of Rathmines". The History Press. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
5. Atkins, William Ringrose Gelston (1954). "Henry Horatio Dixon. 1869-1953". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 9 (1): 78–26. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1954.0007. JSTOR 769200. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
6. Deaths The Times Monday, Mar 24, 1980; pg. 28; Issue 60583; col B
7. The Times, Thursday, Feb 04, 1943; pg. 7; Issue 49461; col C Ecclesiastical News Irish Bishop Consecrated
8. The Bishop Of Limerick To Retire (Official Appointments and Notices) The Times Thursday, Jul 28, 1960; pg. 12; Issue 54835; col F
9. Jackson, Patrick N. Wyse. "John Joly". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
10. The Times, 6 August 1919; pg. 7; Issue 42171; col E, Obituary. The Bishop Of Meath
11. Cricket Archive profile
12. CricketEurope Stats Zone profile
13. He was Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin from 1924 to 1933 > The Times, Thursday, Mar 09, 1933; pg. 15; Issue 46388; col D Ecclesiastical News The Dean of St Patrick’s to resign
14. Amongst others he wrote “Chapters on the Book of Mulling”, 1897; “Thoughts on Belief and Life”, 1900; “The Reformation and the Irish Episcopate”, 1906; “Essays on the Ecclesiastical History of Eusebius of Cæsarea”, 1912; “St Malachy of Armagh”, 1920; “The Martyrology of Tallaght “, 1931; and”The Deaneries of St. Patrick’s” > British Library website accessed 20:42 GMT 14 February 2017
15. White, Lawrence William. "Osborne, Walter Frederick". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
16. Obituary, The Observatory, Vol. 46, pp. 326-327 (1923)
17. 'Obituary', Journal of Mental Science, January 1938
18. Daniel Rambaut rugby player profile scrum.com

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