John Pentland Mahaffy

Sir John Pentland Mahaffy
GBE CVO JP
34th Provost of Trinity College Dublin
In office
17 October 1914 – 30 July 1919
Preceded byAnthony Traill
Succeeded byJohn Bernard
Personal details
BornJohn Pentland Mahaffy
(1839-02-26)26 February 1839
Vevey, Switzerland
Died30 April 1919(1919-04-30) (aged 80)
Dublin, Ireland
Spouse
Frances Letitia MacDougall
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(m. 1865; died 1908)​
Children4
Alma materTrinity College Dublin (B.A., 1859)

Sir John Pentland Mahaffy (26 February 1839 – 30 April 1919) was an Irish classicist and polymathic scholar who served as the 34th Provost of Trinity College Dublin from 1914 to 1919.

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