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position on the day of his death. Just before his death, Salmon is said to have anticipated this in another apocryphal story. He dreamt that he was dead, and his funeral was processing across Front Square, followed by weeping Fellows and Scholars. His coffin was laid in the chapel, "and then", he said, "I sat up in my coffin, whereupon Mahaffy and Trail wept louder than ever".
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terms with boys in Intermediate examinations and his daughter, from the provost's house, had acted as coordinator for the Examinations for Women and was a member of CAISM. In 1896, all eight members of the board were over 70 years of age, but by 1901 retirements and deaths had resulted in the majority of the board being pro-admission.
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was an important figure. Salmon and the board were not generally receptive to the campaign. While Salmon was a conservative, his strong opposition to the admission of women cannot be dismissed simply; he had been a member of the council of Alexandra College, had supported girls competing on equal
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and others proposed that degrees be open to women, on the same terms as men. Lloyd, as provost, was not a supporter, and the motion was defeated. In 1881, Jellett became provost, and a committee was set up in 1882 to investigate the matter, including future provosts Salmon and Trail, respectively
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Salmon continued to attend board meetings up to his death. At his death, Salmon had been a familiar figure in Trinity for over 62 years, and was held in affection even by those who disagreed with him. Both Trail and Mahaffy were eager to succeed Salmon as provost, and were lobbying to secure the
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became the first woman undergraduate to succeed in registering at Trinity, and by the end of the year, dozens of other women had done likewise. She recalled, "When I arrived in Dublin 1904, I was informed that he had died that day, and the examination had to be put off until after the funeral."
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should be petitioned to move the king to issue new Letters Patent for admission of Women. In 1903, Ward replied, indicating that the agreement of the provost was essential before Letters Patent would be issued. Salmon wrote withdrawing his formal objections in July 1903. The Letters Patent were
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in mathematics. In 1841, at the age of 21, he attained a paid fellowship and teaching position in mathematics at Trinity. In 1845, he was additionally appointed to a position in theology at the university, after having been ordained a deacon in 1844 and a priest in the
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proposed that the time had come to take action on the issue of awarding degrees to women. This was passed by the board, and, though the motion was opposed by Salmon, a committee was set up to report, and by the end of the year the board resolved that the
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He argues that the doctrine of papal infallibility is vitally important for opponents of Catholicism to refute; otherwise, all other arguments would be of little importance, as when a chess player wins many pieces but his king is
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Salmon was Provost of Trinity from 1888 until his death in 1904. The highlight of his career may have been when in 1892 he presided over the great celebrations marking the tercentenary of the College, which had been founded by
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in 1819, to Michael Salmon and Helen Weekes (the daughter of the Reverend Edward Weekes). During his boyhood in Cork, where his father Michael was a linen merchant, he attended
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In 1844, he married Frances Anne Salvador, daughter of Rev J L Salvador of Staunton-upon-Wye in Herefordshire, with whom he had six children, of whom only two survived him.
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at Trinity College, at which point he resigned from his position in the mathematics department at TCD. In 1871, he accepted an additional post of chancellor of
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player. He was a patron to the University Chess Club, and was also the President of Dublin Chess Club from 1890–1903. He participated in the second
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354 pages. 4th edition (1885) 360 pages (with some additions by Cathcart to the chapters on binary quantics). 5th edition (1964) 376 pages
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of the society, the highest honorary award in British science, but by then he had long since lost his interest in mathematics and science.
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In another chess reference Salmon said that if one met someone who says that he has never been beaten, this player could be given
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Salmon was provost during the campaign for admission by the Central Association of Irish Schoolmistresses (CAISM), in which
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for two decades, Salmon devoted the last forty years of his life to theology. His entire career was spent at
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opposing and supporting admission. Despite the support of the provost, the committee was not effective.
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in which he argued that certain beliefs of the Roman church were absurd, especially the beliefs in the
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One of his early publications in theology was in 1853 as a contributor to a book of rebuttals to the
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From the early 1860s, Salmon was primarily occupied with theology. In 1866, he was appointed
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A Treatise on Higher Plane Curves: Intended as a sequel to a Treatise on Conic Sections
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In the late 1840s and the 1850s, Salmon was in regular and frequent communication with
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Royal Irish Academy, Dictionary of Irish Biography – George Salmon by Roderick Gow
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Meanwhile, back in 1848, Salmon had published an undergraduate textbook entitled
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Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002
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received by the board on 16 January 1904. This was Salmon's last board meeting.
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Salmon received honorary degrees from several universities, including that of
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A Danger to the Men? A History of Women in Trinity College Dublin 1904-2004
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An Historical Introduction to the Study of the Books of the New Testament
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on 6 September 1902, when they celebrated the centennial of the birth of
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Parkes, Susan M., ed. (2004). "The Campaign for Admission, 1870-1904".
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In 1837, he won a scholarship and graduated from Trinity in 1839 with
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For his researches in analytical geometry and the theory of surfaces
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Salmon said that if one played someone who would normally receive
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Have Women Made a Difference in Irish Universities? 1850-2010
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Donegall Lecturers of Mathematics at Trinity College Dublin
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Some Thoughts on the Textual Criticism of the New Testament
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Paul Morphy vs George Salmon, Birmingham, 27 August 1858
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A Treatise on the Analytic Geometry of Three Dimensions
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A Treatise on the Analytic Geometry of Three Dimensions
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A Treatise on the Analytic Geometry of Three Dimensions
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Irish mathematician and Anglican theologian (1819–1904)
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Regius Professors of Divinity (University of Dublin)
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Trinity College Dublin 1592-1952 An academic history
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Sculpture by John Hughes of George Salmon in Trinity
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in Birmingham, England, on 27 August 1858. He beat
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(2004) . 553:In 1870, Trinity had introduced the 361:In 1858, he was presented with the 13: 3033:Scholars of Trinity College Dublin 3013:Provosts of Trinity College Dublin 1330:Provosts of Trinity College Dublin 1159: 306: 14: 3059: 3038:19th-century Irish mathematicians 3008:Christian clergy from Cork (city) 2993:Fellows of Trinity College Dublin 1281:Provost of Trinity College Dublin 1176: 707:Introduction to the New Testament 689:The Eternity of Future Punishment 528:Provost of Trinity College Dublin 369:. In June 1863, he was elected a 352:A Treatise on Higher Plane Curves 46:Provost of Trinity College Dublin 2968:Alumni of Trinity College Dublin 1170:Proceedings of the Royal Society 337:Donegall Lecturer in Mathematics 253: 1148:10.1090/S0002-9904-1915-02744-8 1118: 1111:10.1090/S0002-9904-1912-02287-5 1078: 1037: 1019: 975: 934:The Infallibility of the Church 927: 713:The Infallibility of the Church 623: 434:St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin 381:". 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Provost of Trinity College Dublin
John Hewitt Jellett
Anthony Traill
Cork
Dublin
Mount Jerome Cemetery
Alma mater
Trinity College Dublin
Royal Medal
Copley Medal
FBA
FRS
FRSE
mathematician
Anglican
theologian
algebraic geometry
Trinity College Dublin
Provost
Cork
Hamblin and Porter's School
Trinity College Dublin
first-class honours
Church of Ireland
Provost's House
Mount Jerome Cemetery
Dublin
Arthur Cayley
J. J. Sylvester

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