Professor RB McDowell’s Memorial Service – 20 October 2011

Oct 14, 2011

A Memorial Service will be held on Thursday, 20 October 2011, at 5.15pm in the Chapel, Trinity College Dublin for Professor Robert Brendan McDowell, M.A., Ph.D., Litt.D., LLD. (h.c.), M.R.I.A., F.T.C.D. (1951).
 
Professor McDowell Emeritus Fellow, Junior Dean 1956-1969, Reader in History 1962-1967, Associate Professor of Modern History, 1967-1980, and Professor of Oratory 1980-1981 at Trinity College Dublin passed away on 28 August 2011, aged 97 years.

In his long and distinguished career, Professor McDowell was the author of works including: British Conservatism, 1832-1914 (1959), The Irish Administration, 1801-1914 (1964), The Irish Convention, 1917-1918 (1970), Ireland in the Age of Imperialism and Revolution, 1760-1801 (1979), Mahaffy (1971) (with W.B. Stanford), Trinity College, Dublin 1592-1952 (1982) (with D.A. Webb), and McDowell on McDowell (2008).