John Gast (priest)
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John Gast (1715 - 1788) was an Irish Anglican priest and historian.[1]
The son of a French Huguenot,[2] Gast was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.[3] He was the Archdeacon of Glendalough[4] from 1764 to 1778.[5] He also wrote extensively on Irish and Greek history.[6]