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Griffin, Gerald, 1803-1840

LC control no.n 78094007
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPR4728.G8
Personal name headingGriffin, Gerald, 1803-1840
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Variant(s)Author of The collegians, 1803-1840
Collegians, Author of, 1803-1840
Joseph, Brother, 1803-1840
Associated countryIreland
Birth date1803-12-12
Death date1840-06-12
Place of birthLimerick (Ireland)
Place of deathCork (Ireland)
Profession or occupationNovelists Poets Playwrights
Found inHis The collegians, 1906.
A place in thy memory dearest, between 1819 and 1853: caption (the words by the Author of The collegians)
Oxford DNB online, 5 Sept. 2011 (Gerald Griffin, novelist, playwright, poet; born 12 Dec. 1803 in Limerick; in 1829 published his most successful novel "The Collegians"; entered the novitiate of the teaching order of the Christian Brothers at North Richmond Street, Dublin, on 8 Sept. 1838, choosing Brother Joseph as his name in religion; died on 12 June 1840 in Cork)