Bishop George Berkeley
Irish
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| 1685/03/12 | George Berkeley is born at Dysart Castle, near Thomastown, County Kilkenny, Ireland, the eldest son of William Berkeley. | Born | Dysart Castle | Thomastown | |||
| 1700/00/00 | George Berkeley enters Trinity College Dublin. He will be elected a Scholar in 1702. | Education | Trinity College, Dublin | Dublin | |||
| 1707/00/00 | Berkeley completes his master's degree, but remains at Trinity College as a tutor and Greek lecturer. | Work | Trinity College, Dublin | Dublin | |||
| 1729/01/23 | Newport citizens greet the arrival of a ship from Virginia bringing among its passengers a high ranking English churchman, Dean George Berkeley, with his spouse and a young ladie in companie. | Life | Newport Historic District | Newport, RI | |||
| 1729/02/00 | The Berkeley's buy 96 cleared acres and a 17C farmhouse, naming it Whitehall in loyal remembrance of the palace of the English Kings. The Irish Delft tiles in the green room fireplace are thought to have been brought by the Berkeley's from home. | Home | Dean George Berkeley House | Middletown, RI | |||
| 1729/09/00 | Henry Berkeley is baptized by his father George in Trinity Church in Newport. | Vocation | Trinity Church | Newport, RI | |||
| 1730/00/00 | Dean George Berkeley occasionally preaches for Reverend James Honyman at Trinity Church in Newport. | Vocation | Trinity Church | Newport, RI | |||
| 1730/00/00 | Dean George Berkeley occasionally preaches for Rev James McSparran at St Paul's Church, Wickord, Rhode Island. | Vocation | Old Narragansett Church | North Kingstown, RI | |||
| 1731/09/00 | Born at Whitehall, George Berkeley's daughter Lucia Berkeley is baptized at Trinity Church in Newport. | Vocation | Trinity Church | Newport, RI | |||
| 1731/09/05 | Rev Berkeley's daughter Lucia dies in infancy and is buried in the churchyard at Trinity Church, Newport, RI. | Family | Trinity Church | Newport, RI | |||
| 1731/09/09 | The Berkeley family return to England by sail to Boston, leaving Whitehall Farm and eight boxes of books to the Seminary at Yale. Rental income from the farm is to provide scholarships for divinity students. | Home | Dean George Berkeley House | Middletown, RI | |||
| 1731/10/00 | The Berkeley family arrive in London, England. George sends to the library at Harvard a box of Latin classics. | Benefactor | Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library | Cambridge, MA | |||
| 1732/00/00 | Written by George Berkeley at Whitehall, "Alciphron, or The Minute Philosopher in Seven Dialogues" is published by J Tonson, The Strand, London. | Author | Dean George Berkeley House | Middletown, RI | |||
| 1733/00/00 | A gift from George Berkeley in London, a Richard Bridge organ is installed at Trinity Church. | Benefactor | Trinity Church | Newport, RI | |||
| 1753/01/14 | While spending an afternoon with Anne reading aloud from the bible, Bishop George Berkeley dies in Oxford, England. He is buried in Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. | Died | Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford | Oxford |
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