James Drought (theologian)
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Irish theologian
James Drought (1738 – 1820) was an Irish academic.[1]
Drought was born in County Offaly (then called King's County) and educated at Trinity College Dublin.[2] He became a Fellow of Trinity College in 1762, a lecturer in 1778 and Regius Professor of Divinity there in 1790.[citation needed]
He was a member of the Drought family prominent in County Offaly.
- ↑ "A New History of Ireland", Moody, T.M; Martin, F.X; Byrne, F.J; Cosgrove, F: Oxford Oxford University Press, 1976, ISBN 0-19-821745-5
- ↑ Alumni Dublinenses: a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860), George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p. 246: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
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