Curated category
Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
- Oscar WildeOscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde entered the world on the 16th of October 1854 at 21 Westland Row in Dublin. His mother Jane, née Elgee, wrote poetry…
- Jonathan SwiftJonathan Swift entered the world on the 30th of November 1667 in Dublin. His father was a native of Goodrich, Herefordshire who had fled to Ireland after his…
- Samuel BeckettSamuel Barclay Beckett was born on the 13th of April 1906 in the Dublin suburb of Foxrock. His parents were both thirty-five years old when he arrived, and…
- Barry O'MearaBarry Edward O'Meara entered the world in 1786 within the borders of Ireland. His family background placed him among the Irish medical community during a…
- D. B. WeissDaniel Brett Weiss was born on the 23rd of April 1971 in Chicago, Illinois. His family background traces back to Jewish roots with ancestral lines extending…
- David BenioffDavid Friedman entered the world on the 25th of September 1970, in New York City. He grew up as the youngest of three children in a Jewish family with…
- Edmond MaloneEdmond Malone entered the world on the 4th of October 1741 within a Dublin household of legal prominence. His father Edmond Sr.
- Edward DowdenEdward Dowden entered the world on the 3rd of May 1843 in Cork. He was the son of John Wheeler Dowden, a merchant and landowner.