Henry Joseph Gill
Henry Joseph Gill (1836 – 1903) was an Irish publisher, translator, and politician.
He was educated at Castleknock College, Dublin and was a graduate of Trinity College Dublin, Henry Joseph Gill was the managing editor of M. H. Gill and Sons, publishers.[1]
He translated works including The Cid Campeador by Antonio de Trueba.[2]
He was Irish Parliamentary Party MP for Westmeath from 1880 to 1883 and for Limerick City from 1885 to 1888.
His son Henry Gill S.J., M.C., D.S.O., Jesuit priest, scientist, and served as a chaplain in the great war, where he earned Military Cross, Distinguished Service Order, serving with the 2nd Royal Irish Rifles.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Karen B. Golightly, Who Put the Folk in Folklore?: Nineteenth-century Collecting of Irish Folklore from T. Crofton Croker to Lady Augusta Gregory (ProQuest, 2007) page 104.
- ^ National Library of Ireland catalogue entry for The Cid Campeador
- ^ The words of Father Henry Gill Voices 16, BBC, bbc.co.uk.
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