William Bedell Stanford

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William Bedell Stanford (16 January 1910 – 30 December 1984) was an Irish

between 1940 and 1980 and served as the 22nd chancellor of the university between 1982 and 1984.

He was born in

Provostship of the Trinity College on 11 March 1952 but was eliminated along with two other candidates in the first round of the election. He was considered, at the age of 42, to be too junior.[3] The successful candidate on that occasion was the mathematician, Albert Joseph McConnell
, who remained in office for 22 years.

His grandfather's cousin was the composer Charles Villiers Stanford.[citation needed]

Academic career

Stanford established himself as a

Sophocles' Ajax
.

In 1965, Stanford gave the Sather Lectures at the University of California, Berkeley, on the topic of the pronunciation of Ancient Greek. The lectures were revised into a book published in 1967.

Stanford had a particular interest in the classical tradition, in Ireland and elsewhere, and published a number of articles on this topic in the Trinity journal Hermathena, as well as a wide-ranging book entitled Ireland and the Classical Tradition.

A long-time member of the Royal Irish Academy, Stanford was appointed chairman of the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies by the President of Ireland, Éamon de Valera.

Stanford's poetry appears in several anthologies and his posthumously published memoirs.

After Stanford's death, a series of lectures in his honour was established at Trinity College, Dublin. The first lecturer in the series was Duncan F. Kennedy, a former student of Stanford's.

Seanad career

He also represented the

Fethard-on-Sea Boycott, and he also demanded an inquiry into the assault on Jehovah's Witnesses in Clare. In both cases, Éamon de Valera proved sympathetic personally but declined to take any public action. As a leader of the Republic of Ireland's small Protestant population, Stanford was a lifelong champion of the proportional representation
electoral process, believing that it protected the rights of minorities.

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ J.V. Luce, 'William Bedell Stanford: A memorial address' in Ross Hinds (ed.), William Bedell Stanford: Regius Professor of Greek 1940–80: Trinity College, Dublin: Memoirs (Hinds, Dublin 2002) p. 229.
  2. ^ Hinds (2002), p. 59.
  3. ^ R.B. McDowell & D.A. Webb (1982). Trinity College Dublin 1592–1952: An academic history. pp. 493–494.
  4. ^ "William Bedell Stanford". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 1 January 2020.

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Academic offices
Preceded by Chancellor of the University of Dublin
1982–1984
Succeeded by