Robert Dougatt (1683–1730) was an Anglican priest and librarian in Ireland in the first half of the 18th-century.
Dougatt was the nephew (sister's son) of William King, Archbishop of Dublin.[1] He was born in Castlecaulfield and educated at Trinity College, Dublin.[2] He was Archdeacon of Dublin from 1715 to 1719;[3] and Precentor of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin from 1719 until his death.[4] He was also the librarian of Marsh's Library, Dublin, from 1719 to 1730, and compiled the first catalogue of the library.[5]
Notes
- ^ C. S. King, ed., A Great Archbishop of Dublin, William King, D.D., 1650–1729: his autobiography, family, and a selection from his correspondence. London: Longman, Green, 1906
- ^ "Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860)" George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p239: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
- ^ "Fasti ecclesiæ hibernicæ: the succession of the prelates in Ireland Vol II" Cotton, H pp130: Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1860
- ^ "Fasti ecclesiæ hibernicæ: the succession of the prelates in Ireland Vol II" Cotton, H p112: Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1860
- ^ Muriel McCarthy, Marsh's Library: All Graduates and Gentlemen. 2nd ed. Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2003
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