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The Dictionary of Irish Biography, a collaborative project between Cambridge University Press and the Royal Irish Academy, is the most comprehensive and authoritative biographical dictionary yet published for Ireland. These 11 volumes contain fascinating short summaries and detailed assessments that document over 10,000 lives, ranging from the earliest times to 2010. Biographical subjects include: artists, scientists, lawyers, actors, musicians, writers, politicians, criminals, and saints.
The following lives were added to the Dictionary of Irish Biography Online in December 2018.
- Almqvist, Bo Gunnar (1931–2013), folklore scholar
- Binchy, Maeve (1939–2012), novelist and journalist
- Blaney, Harry (1928–2013), politician
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Jones, Henry MacNaughton (1845–1918)
by Helen AndrewsJones, Henry MacNaughton (1845–1918), doctor, was born in Cork city, son of William Thomas Jones, MD, and Helen MacNaughton Jones. He was educated at QCC, graduating MD (1864), M.Ch. and LRCPI (1865), FRCSI (1870), and FRCS (Edin.) (1873). Aged 19, he was appointed demonstrator, and later demonstrator and lecturer, in descriptive anatomy before being appointed professor of midwifery (1878–83) at QCC and RUI examiner in midwifery (1881).As a junior doctor he worked in eight poor law dispensary di...
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