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About St George Ashe
St. George Ashe, D.D. was an Irish mathematician who served as the 15th Provost of Trinity College Dublin from 1692 to 1695. In the late 17th and early 18th centuries, he served as Church of Ireland Bishop of Cloyne, Clogher and Derry, in succession. From 1685 to 1692, he was the Donegall Lecturer in Mathematics at Trinity College Dublin. He is remembered now chiefly for his alleged role in performing a secret marriage between Jonathan Swift and Esther Johnson (Stella).
Everything about St George Ashe →- Occupation
- mathematician, Anglican priest
- Position held
- Member of the Privy Council of Ireland, Provost of Trinity College, Anglican Bishop of Clogher, Bishop of Derry
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Ireland
- Born
- 1658
- Died
- 1718, February 27, 1718