Biographies A-Z

Stoker, Sir (William) Thornley (1845–1912), surgeon, was born 6 March 1845 in Marino Crescent, Clontarf, Co. Dublin, the eldest of five sons and two daughters of Abraham Stoker (1799–1876), a senior civil servant in Dublin Castle, and Charlotte Matilda Blake Stoker (née Thornley…

Stokes, Adrian (1887–1927), physician and bacteriologist, was born 9 February 1887 at Lausanne, Switzerland, third son of Henry John Stokes (1842–1920), of the Indian civil service, and his wife Mary Anne (d. 1924), daughter of William MacDoughall of Howth, Co. Dublin. His…

Stokes, Barbara Maive (1922–2009), paediatrician and disability campaigner, was born 20 December 1922 in London to Brigadier William Noel Stokes (d. 1969) and his wife Pauline Mary (née Reynolds). As a child she often spent summers in Ireland, and in her teens played in the Irish junior…

Stokes, Charles (1852–95), lay evangelist in Africa and ivory trader, was born in Dublin, son of William Stokes, civil engineer, of Dublin and later Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh. He was educated at the Portora Royal School in Enniskillen; his father died when he was very young and…

Stokes, Gabriel (1682–1768?), surveyor and mathematical-instrument maker, was baptised 23 April 1682 at St Nicholas Within, Dublin, son of John Stokes, tailor, of Back Lane, Dublin; nothing is known of his mother. Attending the Blue Coat (King's Hospital) School, he began his…

Stokes, George Gabriel (1819–1903), 1st baronet, mathematician, physicist, and scientific administrator, was born 13 August 1819 in Skreen, Co. Sligo, youngest child among five sons and three daughters of Gabriel Stokes (1761–1834), rector of Skreen, and his wife Elizabeth,…

Stokes, George Thomas (1843–98), clergyman and historian, was born 28 December 1843 in Athlone, eldest son of John Stokes, merchant, of Athlone, and Margaret Stokes (née Forster). Educated at Galway Grammar School and QCG, he entered…

Stokes, Henry (1879–1967), surgeon, was born 11 January 1879 in India, eldest son of Henry John Stokes (1842–1920), of the Indian Civil Service, and his wife Mary Anne (d. 1942), daughter of William MacDoughall of Howth, Co. Dublin. His family had a distinguished record in the…

Stokes, Margaret McNair (1832–1900), archaeologist and antiquary, was born in March 1832 at York St., Dublin, eldest daughter of William Stokes (qv), MD, and Mary Stokes (neé Black) of Glasgow.…

Stokes, Robert (1845–1916), accountant, was born in Dublin but spent his early life in England, where he was educated in Stafford; no further details of his family are known except that he had at least one brother. Training as an accountant in Liverpool, he later returned to Dublin…

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Stokes, Whitley (1763–1845), physician and polymath, was born in Waterford, son of Gabriel Stokes (1732–1806), DD, chancellor of the cathedral, and master of Waterford endowed school, an ex-fellow of TCD…

Stokes, Whitley (1830–1909), lawyer and Celtic scholar, was born 28 February 1830 in Dublin, the eldest son of Dr William Stokes (qv), heart specialist, and his wife, Mary, daughter of John Black of Glasgow. The Stokes children were raised…

Stokes, William (1804–78), physician and pioneer cardiologist, was born July 1804 in Dublin, second among ten children of Whitley Stokes (qv), FTCD, physician, and Mary Anne Stokes (née…

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Stone, George (1708–64), Church of Ireland archbishop of Armagh and politician, was born 7 January 1708 at his father's London home, 68 Lombard Street, the third and youngest son of Andrew Stone (d. 1711), goldsmith and banker, and Anne Stone (née Holbrooke; d. 1725). Educated at…

Stoney, Bindon Blood (1828–1909), civil engineer, was born 13 June 1828 at Oakley Park, King's Co. (Offaly), younger son of George Stoney and his wife Anne, second daughter of Bindon Blood of Cranagher and Rockforest, Co. Clare. He had one elder brother, the renowned mathematical…

Stoney, Florence Ada (1870–1932), radiologist, was born in Dublin, second daughter of George Johnstone Stoney (qv), scientist, and his wife Margaret of Parsonstown, King's Co. (Offaly), sister of…

Stoney, George Gerald (1863–1942), engineer and pioneer of steam turbine engines, was born 28 November 1863 in Dublin, eldest son of George Johnstone Stoney (qv), scientist and secretary of…

Stoney, George Johnstone (1826–1911), mathematical physicist and astronomer, was born 15 February 1826 at Oakley Park, Clareen, near Birr, King's Co. (Offaly), elder son among three children of George Stoney, landowner, and Anne Stoney (née Bindon Blood) of Crannagher and Rockforest…

Stoney, Richard Atkinson (1877–1966), surgeon, was born 13 May 1877 in Dublin, son of the Rev. Robert Baker Stoney, rector of Holy Trinity, Killiney, Co. Dublin, and canon and treasurer of Christ Church cathedral, Dublin, and his wife Katherine Mabel, fourth daughter of Richard…

Stopford, Edward Adderley (1810–74), Church of Ireland clergyman, controversialist, and expert in canon law, was born 17 January 1810, second son of Edward Stopford, bishop of Meath and privy counsellor. In July 1826 he entered TCD,…

Stopford, James (c.1697–1759), Church of Ireland bishop of Cloyne, was born in London, son of Joseph Stopford (d. a.25 October 1707), a lieutenant colonel in Colonel Richard Gorges's regiment of foot, and his wife, Elizabeth Stopford (née Boate), widow of Richard…

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