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Authorised form of nameAshe; St George (1658 - 1718); Bishop of Derry and scholar
Dates1658 - 1718
NationalityBritish
Place of birthCastle Strange, County Roscommon, Ireland, Europe
Date of birth1658
Place of deathDublin, Ireland, Europe
Date of death27 February 1718
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Christ Church cathedral, Dublin, Ireland, Europe
OccupationClergyman, Church of Ireland
Research fieldMathematics
ActivityEducation:
Rev Richard Norris's School at Drogheda; Trinity College, Dublin (BA 1676; MA 1679; BD 1687; DD 1692)
Career:
Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin (1679); Donegal Lecturer and Professor of Mathematics at Trinity (1685); fled to England; Chaplain to Lord Paget, Ambassador of William III to Vienna (1689); Provost of Trinity (1692); Bishop of Cloyne (1695-1697); Bishop of Clogher (1697-1717); Vice-Chancellor of Dublin University (1702); Bishop of Derry (1717-death)
Memberships:
Dublin Philosophical Society; Oxford Philosophical Society
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election03/02/1686
Other Royal Society activityOccasional correspondent on various topics, including astronomical observations, to the Society;
Had a letter published in the 'Philosophical Transactions' (1698)
RelationshipsParents: Thomas Ashe and Jane White
Siblings: Thomas Ashe; Dillon Ashe
Married: Jane St George
Children: St George Ashe
Additional relatives: father-in-law Sir George St George
OtherInfoAshe was actively involved in the Dublin Philosophical Society and succeeded his friend William Molyneux (FRS 1686) as its secretary. He also conducted multiple public experiments. Despite his scholarly and clerical career, Ashe is often most remembered as Jonathan Swift's teacher at Trinity College and the role he played in the alleged secret marriage between Swift and Esther Johnson, known as Stella. After his death, Ashe's mathematical books were left to Trinity College.
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SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Hoppen; Gunther; Burtchaell; ODNB; DIB
References:
Hoppen, K T. 1965. 'The Royal Society and Ireland. II', in Notes and Records, vol. 20, pp. 78-99
Notes:
ODNB has 3 March 1658 as exact date of birth.
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/2818528
CodeNA5799
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EL/W3/62Letter, from Charles Willughby to St George Ashe1685
RBO/9/54'Account of Native Sulphur found in Ireland by his Grace St George Ashe, Lord Bishop of Clogher'1702
RBO/7/68Letter from Thomas Molyneux to the St George Ashe, Bishop of Clogher, concerning swarms of insects in the province of Connaught5 October 1697
CLP/6/46/2Drawing, concerning hydraulic instruments by Mr King[1687]
EL/N1/87Letter, from Francis Nevill to St George Ashe4 April 1713
EL/A/36Letter, from St George Ashe to the Secretary of the Royal Society, dated at Trinity College Dublin27 April 1686
EL/A/29Minutes of the Dublin Philosophical Society, sent by St George Ashe, dated at Trinity College Dublin1685
CLP/9i/66/2Plate, drawing showing orientation of the Clogher landslide by St George Ashe[1713]
CLP/9i/66Paper, account of a land slide at Clogher by the Bishop of Clogher [St George Ashe][1713]
CLP/9i/66/1Manuscript, account of a land slide at Clogher by the Bishop of Clogher [St George Ashe][1713]
EL/A/42Letter, from St George Ashe to Robert Southwell12 February 1694
EL/N1/86Letter, from Francis Nevill to St George Ashe12 February 1712
EL/A/34Paper, on the quadrature of the circle by St George Ashe10 March 1685
EL/A/33Minutes of the Dublin Philosophical Society, sent by St George Ashe, dated at Trinity College Dublin24 November 1685
EL/M1/106Letter, from Thomas Molyneux to St George Ashe1697
EL/N1/85Extract of a letter, from Francis Nevill to St George Ashe14 October 1712
EL/A/41Letter, from St George Ashe to Edmond Halley, dated at Vienna19 July 1691
EL/A/30Minutes of the Dublin Philosophical Society, sent by St George Ashe, dated at Trinity College Dublin1685
EL/A/31Letter, from St George Ashe to Francis Aston, dated at Trinity College Dublin16 September 1685
EL/A/40Letter, from St George Ashe to Edmond Halley, dated at Vienna27 July 1690
EL/A/28Minutes of the Dublin Philosophical Society, sent by St George Ashe, dated at Trinity College Dublin30 May 1685
EL/A/39Letter, from St George Ashe to Edmond Halley, dated at Trinity College Dublin15 July 1687
RBO/9/1Observations of a partial lunar eclipse witnessed in Dublin on 19 November 1686 by St George Ashe and Dr Smithnd
CLP/6/46/1Manuscript, 'Concerning hydraulick engines by Mr King'[1687]
EL/A/38Part of a letter, from St George Ashe [to the Royal Society], dated at Trinity College Dublin 26 March 1687
EL/A/32Letter, from St George Ashe to William Musgrave, dated at Trinity College Dublin10 October 1685
EL/A/35Letter, from St George Ashe to William Musgrave, dated at Trinity College Dublin18 March 1686
EL/M1/107Letter, from Thomas Molyneux to St George Ashe1702
CLP/6/46Paper, 'Concerning hydraulick engines' by [William] King[1687]
CLP/12i/30aPaper, 'A relation of an extraordinary effect of the power of imagination' by Mr St George Ash [Ashe][1686]
EL/A/37Letter, from St George Ashe to Mr Benbrig, Fellow of University College and secretary of the Philosophical Society of Oxford, dated at Trinity College Dublin23 November 1686
EL/C2/29Extract of a letter, from the Reverend St George [Ashe] [to the Royal Society]2 April 1696
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