Luke Challoner

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Luke Challoner, DD (1550-1613) was an Irish academic.[https://www.dib.ie/biography/challoner-luke-a1600 Dictionary of Irish Biography]

Challoner was born in Dublin and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge.[https://venn.lib.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search-2018.pl?sur=Challoner&suro=w&fir=Luke&firo=c&cit=&cito=c&c=all&z=all&tex=&sye=1550&eye=1630&col=all&maxcount=50 Venn Database]

He was one of the three founding fellows of Trinity College Dublin. In 1597 he was appointed a Prebendary of Mulhuddart at St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin in 1597. He was the first Regius Professor of Divinity at TCD, serving from 1600 until his death on 27 April 1613.Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860) Burtchaell, G.D./Sadlier, T.U. p144: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935