John Pentland Mahaffy
Overview
The Rev. John Pentland Mahaffy GBE
CVO
(26 February 1839 – 30 April 1919) was an Irish
classicist and polymathic scholar.
He was born near Vevey
in Switzerland
on 26 February 1839, receiving his early education privately in Switzerland and Germany
, and later and more formally at Trinity College, Dublin
. As an undergraduate, he became President of the University Philosophical Society
. As an academic Mahaffy held a Trinity professorship of ancient history and eventually became Provost.
Order of the British Empire
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CVO
Royal Victorian Order
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(26 February 1839 – 30 April 1919) was an Irish
Ireland
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classicist and polymathic scholar.
He was born near Vevey
Vevey
Vevey is a town in Switzerland in the canton Vaud, on the north shore of Lake Geneva, near Lausanne.It was the seat of the district of the same name until 2006, and is now part of the Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut District...
in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
on 26 February 1839, receiving his early education privately in Switzerland and Germany
Germany
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, and later and more formally at Trinity College, Dublin
Trinity College, Dublin
Trinity College, Dublin , formally known as the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, was founded in 1592 by letters patent from Queen Elizabeth I as the "mother of a university", Extracts from Letters Patent of Elizabeth I, 1592: "...we...found and...
. As an undergraduate, he became President of the University Philosophical Society
University Philosophical Society (Trinity College, Dublin)
The University Philosophical Society, commonly known as The Phil, is a student paper-reading and debating society in Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. It is one of the two debating societies in the university...
. As an academic Mahaffy held a Trinity professorship of ancient history and eventually became Provost.