Robert Donovan

Life
1852-1934; b. Leighlinbridge, Co. Carlow; ed. St Kieran’s College, Kilkenny, and University College [?Dublin]; Lecturer in English Literature, 1886-87; contrib. The Nation, 1886-91; Commisioner of National Education in Ireland, 1915; Chairman of Proportional Representation Soc. of Ireland and Irish League of Natioins Society; Chairman of Commission on Evil Literature, 1927; mbr. of Censorship Boards, 1932. DIH

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