John Gast (priest) explained

John Gast (1715 - 1788) was an Irish Anglican priest and historian.[1]

The son of a French Huguenot,[2] Gast was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.[3] He was the Archdeacon of Glendalough[4] from 1764 to 1778.[5] He also wrote extensively on Irish and Greek history.[6]

Notes and References

  1. http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3175701 Rudiments of Greek History
  2. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 2" Cotton, H. pp220-221 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1748-1778
  3. Alumni Dublinenses Burtchaell, G.D/Sadlier, T.U p319: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
  4. "Handbook of British Chronology" By Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D.E;Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, CUP, 1996, 9780521563505
  5. "A New History of Ireland" Moody, T.W; Martin, F.X; Byrne, F.J;Cosgrove, A: Oxford, OUP, 1976
  6. "Constructing the Past: Writing Irish History, 1600-1800" Forrest, S.P; Williams, M (Ed) p107: Woodbridge, The Boydell Press 2010

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