John Gast (priest)

John Gast (1715 - 1788) was an Irish Anglican priest and historian.[1]

The son of a French Huguenot,[2] Gast was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.[3] He was the Archdeacon of Glendalough[4] from 1764 to 1778.[5] He also wrote extensively on Irish and Greek history.[6]

References
  1. Rudiments of Greek History
  2. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 2" Cotton,H. pp220-221 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1748-1778
  3. Alumni Dublinenses Burtchaell,G.D/Sadlier,T.U p319: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
  4. "Handbook of British Chronology" By Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D.E;Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, CUP, 1996 ISBN 0-521-56350-X, 9780521563505
  5. "A New History of Ireland" Moody,T.W; Martin,F.X; Byrne,F.J;Cosgrove,A: Oxford, OUP, 1976 ISBN 0-19-821745-5
  6. "Constructing the Past: Writing Irish History, 1600-1800" Forrest, S.P; Williams,M (Ed) p107: Woodbridge, The Boydell Press 2010 ISBN 978-1-84383-573-8


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