See also:JOHN See also:KELLS See also:INGRAM (1823-1907)
, Irish See also:scholar and economist, was See also:born in Co
.
See also:Donegal, See also:Ireland, on the 7th of See also:July 1823
.
Educated at See also:Newry School and Trinity See also:College, See also:Dublin, he was elected a See also:fellow of his college in 1846
.
He held the professorship of See also:Oratory and See also:English Literature in Dublin University from 1852 to 1866, when he became regius See also:professor of See also:Greek.' In 1879 he was appointed librarian
.
See also:Ingram was remarkable for his versatility
.
In his undergraduate days he had written the well-known poem " Who fears to speak of Ninety-eight
?
" and his Sonnets and other Poems (190o) reveal the
poetic sense
.
He contributed many important papers to mathematical See also:societies on geometrical See also:analysis, and did much useful See also:work in advancing the See also:science of classical See also:etymology, notably in his Greek and Latin Etymology in See also:England, The Etymology of See also:Liddell and See also:Scott
.
His philosophical See also:works include Outlines of the See also:History of See also:Religion (Igloo), Human Nature and Morals according to A
.
See also:Comte (1901), See also:Practical Morals (1904), and the Final Transition (1905)
.
He contributed to the 9th edition of the See also:Encyclopaedia Britannica an See also:historical and See also:biographical See also:article on See also:political See also:economy, which was translated into nearly every See also:European See also:language
.
His History of See also:Slavery and See also:Serfdom was also written for the gth edition of the Encyclopaedia Brilannica
.
He died in Dublin on the 18th of May 1907
.
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