Rathmines School
{{Short description|Former school in Dublin, Ireland (1855–99)}}
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{{Infobox school
| schooltype = Secondary school
| religious_affiliation = Church of Ireland
| established = 1855
| closed = 1899
| coordinates = {{Coord|53.328306|-6.264319|region:IE_type:landmark|display=title}}
}}
Rathmines School[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/50f8807d-d456-4719-a8eb-7ed5e4e493a4 National Archives] was a Church of Ireland secondary school in the suburb of Rathmines, Dublin: it opened in 1855 and closed in 1899.[http://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000068993 National Library of Ireland] In all 2,190 pupils attended the school.[http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4196515 Trove]
The school was located at 48 Lower Rathmines Road. The founder of the school and headmaster for over 40 years was Reverend Dr Charles William Benson.{{cite web |last1=Curtis |first1=Maurice |title=The Little Book of Rathmines |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fSVnDwAAQBAJ&dq=rathmines+school&pg=PT134 |publisher=The History Press |access-date=23 October 2023 |language=en |date=5 April 2019}}
Notable pupils
{{See also|Category:People educated at Rathmines School}}
- Edward Vaughan Boulger (1846– 11 August 1910), Professor of Classics in the University of Adelaide. Taught at Rathmines c. 1870–1871
- Henry Horatio Dixon FRS (May 19, 1869, Dublin – December 20, 1953, Dublin) plant biologist and professor at Trinity College Dublin.{{Cite journal | last1 = Atkins | first1 = William Ringrose Gelston | doi = 10.1098/rsbm.1954.0007 | title = Henry Horatio Dixon. 1869-1953 | journal = Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society | volume = 9 | pages = 78–26 | year = 1954 | issue = 1 | jstor = 769200|url=https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbm.1954.0007 |access-date=2020-09-11}}
- Evelyn Charles Hodges (8 August 1887 - 18 March 1980)Deaths The Times Monday, Mar 24, 1980; pg. 28; Issue 60583; col B Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe, 1943The Times, Thursday, Feb 04, 1943; pg. 7; Issue 49461; col C Ecclesiastical News Irish Bishop Consecrated to 1960The Bishop Of Limerick To Retire (Official Appointments and Notices) The Times Thursday, Jul 28, 1960; pg. 12; Issue 54835; col F and died on 18 March 1980.
- John Joly FRS (1 November 1857 – 8 December 1933) physicist and professor of geology at the University of Dublin{{cite web |last1=Jackson |first1=Patrick N. Wyse |title=John Joly |url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/joly-john-a4320 |website=Dictionary of Irish Biography |access-date=12 August 2023}}
- James Bennett Keene (25 October 1849 – 5 August 1919)The Times, 6 August 1919; pg. 7; Issue 42171; col E, Obituary. The Bishop Of MeathBishop of Meath from 1897 to 1919
- Septimus Drummond "Sep" Lambert (3 August 1876 in Dublin, Ireland – 21 April 1959 in Dublin)[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26803/26803.html Cricket Archive profile] cricketer.[http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CSTATZ/irelandall/ire158.htm CricketEurope Stats Zone profile]
- Hugh Jackson Lawlor (11 December 1860 - 26 December 1938) priestHe was Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin from 1924 to 1933 > The Times, Thursday, Mar 09, 1933; pg. 15; Issue 46388; col D Ecclesiastical News The Dean of St Patrick’s to resign and authorAmongst others he wrote “Chapters on the Book of Mulling”, 1897; “Thoughts on Belief and Life”, 1900; “The Reformation and the Irish Episcopate”, 1906; “Essays on the Ecclesiastical History of Eusebius of Cæsarea”, 1912; “St Malachy of Armagh”, 1920; “The Martyrology of Tallaght “, 1931; and”The Deaneries of St. Patrick’s” > British Library website accessed 20:42 GMT 14 February 2017
- Walter Frederick Osborne(17 June 1859 – 24 April 1903) artist{{cite web |last1=White |first1=Lawrence William |title=Osborne, Walter Frederick |url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/osborne-walter-frederick-a7140 |website=Dictionary of Irish Biography |access-date=12 August 2023}}
- Arthur Alcock Rambaut (21 September 1859 - 14 October 1923) astronomerObituary, The Observatory, Vol. 46, pp. 326-327 (1923)
- Daniel Frederick Rambaut (6 August 1865 – 30 November 1937) psychiatrist'Obituary', Journal of Mental Science, January 1938 and rugby player[http://www.espnscrum.com/ireland/rugby/player/787.html Daniel Rambaut rugby player profile] scrum.com