Luke Challoner Explained

Luke Challoner, DD (1550-1613) was an Irish academic.[1]

Challoner was born in Dublin and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge.[2]

He was one of the three founding fellows of Trinity College Dublin. In 1597 he was appointed a Prebendary of Mulhuddart at St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin in 1597. He was the first Regius Professor of Divinity at TCD, serving from 1600 until his death on 27 April 1613.[3]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.dib.ie/biography/challoner-luke-a1600 Dictionary of Irish Biography
  2. https://venn.lib.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search-2018.pl?sur=Challoner&suro=w&fir=Luke&firo=c&cit=&cito=c&c=all&z=all&tex=&sye=1550&eye=1630&col=all&maxcount=50 Venn Database
  3. Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860) Burtchaell, G.D./Sadlier, T.U. p144: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935

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