Thomas William Lyster
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Thomas William Lyster was director of the National Library of Ireland
in Dublin between 1895 and his retirement in 1920.
He joined the library in 1878 and translated Dunster’s Life of Goethe in 1883. He was editor of a poetry schoolbook, the Intermediate School Anthology.
Although a member of the Church of Ireland
, he was used by James Joyce
as the model for a "quaker librarian" in his novel Ulysses
.
National Library of Ireland
The National Library of Ireland is Ireland's national library located in Dublin, in a building designed by Thomas Newenham Deane. The Minister for Arts, Sport & Tourism is the member of the Irish Government responsible for the library....
in Dublin between 1895 and his retirement in 1920.
He joined the library in 1878 and translated Dunster’s Life of Goethe in 1883. He was editor of a poetry schoolbook, the Intermediate School Anthology.
Although a member of the Church of Ireland
Church of Ireland
The Church of Ireland is an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion. The church operates in all parts of Ireland and is the second largest religious body on the island after the Roman Catholic Church...
, he was used by James Joyce
James Joyce
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was an Irish novelist and poet, considered to be one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde of the early 20th century...
as the model for a "quaker librarian" in his novel Ulysses
Ulysses (novel)
Ulysses is a novel by the Irish author James Joyce. It was first serialised in parts in the American journal The Little Review from March 1918 to December 1920, and then published in its entirety by Sylvia Beach on 2 February 1922, in Paris. One of the most important works of Modernist literature,...
.