Darley, George
Darley, George (1795–1846), poet, critic, and mathematician, was born in December 1795 in Dublin, eldest of the seven children of Arthur Darley (1766–1845), merchant and grocer, and his wife and distant cousin Mary (d. 1833), daughter of John Darley, a customs officer in Newry. Soon…...
Davy, Edmond (Edmund)
Davy, Edmond (Edmund) (1785–1857), chemist, was born at Penzance, Cornwall, the second son of William Davy. He was a cousin of Sir Humphry Davy (1779–1829), a noted chemist, pioneer of electrochemistry, discoverer of the composition of alkali metals, and inventor (1815) of the Davy…...
Davy, Edmond William
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Dawson, George William Percy
Dawson, George William Percy (1927–2004), geneticist, art lover and philanthropist, was born 7 August 1927 in Alderley Edge, Cheshire, England, the only child of Percy John Fritz Stanley Dawson, fishmonger, and his wife Edith Helen (née Fildes). Education He was…...
De Brún, Pádraig (Browne, Patrick)
De Brún, Pádraig (Browne, Patrick) (1889–1960), priest, scholar, and academic administrator, was born 13 October 1889 in Grangemockler, Co. Tipperary, third child and second son among four sons and two daughters of Maurice Browne (1844–1911), a national school teacher from Cappoquin, Co…...
De Buitléar, Éamon
De Buitléar, Éamon (1930–2013), filmmaker, environmentalist, author and musician, was born on 22 January 1930 in Renmore Barracks, Co. Galway, one of seven children of Colonel Éamon de Buitléar (1902–81), an army officer of Clanbrassil Street, Dublin, and his wife Nóra (née O'Brien…...
De la Beche, Henry Thomas
De la Beche, Henry Thomas (1796–1855), geologist, illustrator, and founder of the geological survey of Great Britain and Ireland, was born 10 February 1796 at 21 Wimpole St., London, the only son of Thomas De la Beche, lieutenant-colonel in the Norfolk fencible cavalry regiment, and…...
Delap, Constance
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Delap, Maude Jane
Delap, Maude Jane (1866–1953), naturalist and marine biologist, was born 7 December 1866 at Templecrone rectory, Co. Donegal, seventh of ten children of the Rev. Alexander Delap and Anna Jane Delap (née Goslett). In 1874 the family moved to Co. Kerry on her father's appointment as…...
Denvir, John
Denvir, John (1834–1916), author, journalist, publisher, and Fenian, was born in Bushmills, Co. Antrim, eldest son of James Denvir, clerk, of Ballywalter, Lecale, Co. Down, and Margaret ‘Peggy’ Denvir (née O'Loughlin) of Ballymagenaghy, Co. Down. Although born in Ireland while his…...
De Valera, Máirín
De Valera, Máirín (1912–84), phycologist, was born 12 April 1912 in Dublin, the eldest daughter and second eldest child of seven children (five boys and two girls) of Éamon de Valera (qv) and…...
Dickie, George
Dickie, George (1812–82), botanist, was baptised in Aberdeen on 23 November 1812, the son of John Dickie and his wife, Isabella, née Fowler, and was educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen, from where he graduated in 1830. He then went to Edinburgh and entered the Brown Square…...
Dicuil (Dícuil(l))
Dicuil (Dícuil(l)) (c.760–p.825), Irish scholar-exile at the courts of Charles the Great and Louis the Pious, was an important author of several works on geography, computus, grammar, and astronomy. The only details of his life that are known are what can be…...
Dillon, Thomas Patrick
Dillon, Thomas Patrick (1884–1971), nationalist and chemist, was born 15 January 1884 in Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, first child among four sons and a daughter of John Dillon, engineer, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of William Kirby…...
Dixon, Frederick E.
Dixon, Frederick E. (1913–88) meteorologist, historian, and philatelist, was born 27 March 1913 in Oundle, near Peterborough, England, a son of Nathan Dixon and his wife, Edith, née Howitt, who also had another son and a daughter. He attended Deacon's School, Peterborough, and…...
Dixon, Henry Horatio
Dixon, Henry Horatio (1869–1953), botanist, was born 19 May 1869 in Dublin, youngest son among seven sons and two daughters of George Dixon, soap manufacturer, and his wife Rebecca, daughter of George Yeates, scientific-instrument maker. His father had an interest in science and his…...
Dobson, George Edward
Dobson, George Edward (1848–95), zoologist, was born 4 September 1848 at Edgeworthstown, Co. Longford, the eldest son of Parke Dobson, a doctor in Edgeworthstown, who was of a family from Killinagh, Co. Westmeath, and his wife, Jane, née Brock or van den Brock, who was the…...
Donahoe, Patrick
Donahoe, Patrick (1811–1901) editor, publisher, and businessman, was born 17 March 1811 in Munnery, Kilmore, Co. Cavan, the son of Terrence Donahoe and his wife Jane (née Christy). His mother died when he was an infant. In 1821 he emigrated, with his father, to Boston,…...
Donnan, Frederick George
Donnan, Frederick George (1870–1956), physical chemist, was born 6 September 1870 in Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), second son of William Donnan, merchant, and his wife Jane Ross Turnley (née Liggate), who also had four daughters. His first cousin once removed was…...
Donnelly, John
Donnelly, John (1934–1991), chemist, was born 8 August 1934 in Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, second son among three sons and two daughters of Michael Donnelly, garda sergeant, originally from Dublin, and Maureen Donnelly (née Carroll) from Tipperary. He spent his early life in Nenagh,…...
Donovan, Charles
Donovan, Charles (1863–1951), military doctor, parasitologist, and entomologist, was born in Calcutta, India, of a Cork family, the eldest of the four children of Charles Donovan, of the Bengal civil service, whose wife's name was probably Grace Jennings. When he was thirteen…...
Donovan, Michael
Donovan, Michael (1790–1876), chemist and pharmacist, was born in Kilmacow, Co. Kilkenny, son of John Donovan. He received his diploma (1811) from Apothecaries' Hall, Dublin, and opened an apothecary's shop in Townsend St. He was a founder member (1812) of the Kirwanian Chemical and…...
Dowden, Richard
Dowden, Richard (1794–1861), politician, philanthropist, and naturalist, was born 12 April 1794 at Bandon, Co. Cork, second among seven children of Richard Dowden and Anne Dowden (née Keys). He originally studied medicine but was asked by the Jennings family to manage their magnesia and…...
Downey, Edmund
Downey, Edmund (1856–1937) publisher, editor, and author, was born 24 July 1856 in Waterford, the son of William Downey, a ship owner and broker, and his wife Margaret (née Hayes). He was educated in Waterford at the Catholic University School, and St. John's College, where he excelled…...
Doyle, Joseph
Doyle, Joseph (1891–1974), botanist, was born 25 March 1891 in Glasgow, son of Bernard Doyle, cabinetmaker, and his wife Elizabeth (née Maclachlan), but was educated in Dublin, at the O'Connell Schools and at UCD. After graduating in…...