Aubrey Gwynn
Aubrey Osborn Gwynn SJ | |
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| Born | 17 February 1892 Dublin |
| Died | 18 May 1983 Dublin |
Aubrey Osborn Gwynn (17 February 1892 – 18 May 1983) was an Irish
Jesuit
historian.
Life
Aubrey Gwynn was born in
Protestant
tradition.
Aubrey Gwynn converted to
Society of Jesus.[1]
After graduating Aubrey Gwynn worked as a teacher at
Louvain (1919–1921) and Milltown Park (1921–1925).[1]
In 1927 Father Aubrey was appointed Lecturer in
Ancient History at University College, Dublin. He went on to lecture in Medieval History (1930–1947), then in 1948 he became the college's Professor of Medieval History, a post he retained until 1962. He was President of the Royal Irish Academy from 1958 to 1961.[1]
Aubrey Gwynn wrote extensively on Irish and church history as well as on other topics. His brother
Denis Rolleston Gwynn (1893–1971) was also an historian, being for much of his life Professor of Modern Irish History at University College, Cork.[3]
A watercolour portrait of Aubrey Gwynn as a child by his godfather Walter Osborne is in the collection of the National Gallery of Ireland.[4]
Works
- Roman Education from Cicero to Quintilian (1926)
- The English Austin Friars in the Time of Wyclif (1940)
- The Medieval Province of Armagh, 1470–1545 (1946)
- The Writings of Bishop Patrick 1074–1084 (1955)
- Medieval Religious Houses: Ireland (1970) with R. N. Hadcock
- The Irish Church in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries, edited by Gerard O'Brien
- Twelfth Century Reform (A History of Irish Catholicism II) (1968)
- Anglo-Irish Church Life: Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries (A History of Irish Catholicism) 1968
- Aubrey Gwynn, Cathal Óg mac Maghnusa and the Annals of Ulster (1998 reprint), edited by Nollaig Ó Muraíle
Notes
- ^ a b c d Burke’s Irish Family Records, Burke’s Peerage Ltd, 1976.
- ^ Hugh Kearney, Ireland: Contested Ideas of Nationalism and History (2007), p. 15.
- ^ Cadogan, Tim and Falvey, Jeremiah, A Biographical Dictionary of Cork (Four Courts Press, 2006), Page 117.
- ^ "Lot 65: Walter Frederick Osborne, R.H.A. (1859–1903)". Christie's. 17 May 2002 – via www.invaluable.com.
References
- J. A. Watt, J. B. Morrall, F. X. Martin(1961), Medieval Studies Presented to Aubrey Gwynn S. J.
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