George Francis FitzGerald
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George Francis FitzGerald was an Irish theoretical physicist known for hypothesising length contraction, which became an integral part of Albert Einstein's special theory of relativity.
FitzGerald, 1890s
George Francis Fitzgerald flying in College Park in 1895
Plaque at 7 Ely Place, Dublin, where FitzGerald lived
Trinity College Dublin
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The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, branded by the board as Trinity College, the University of Dublin, and officially incorporated as Trinity College Dublin,
George Francis FitzGerald
…The Reverend William FitzGerald and Anne Frances Stoney (sister of George Johnstone Stoney and Bindon Blood Stoney). Professor of Moral Philosophy at Trinity College Dublin and vicar of St. Ann's Church, Dawson Street, at the time of his son's birth, William FitzGerald was consecrated Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross in…
Entrance gateway on College Green
The Book of Kells is the most famous of the volumes in the Trinity College Library. Shown here are the Madonna and Child from Kells (folio 7v).
Main entrance (1837)
Bram Stoker, Trinity graduate and author of Dracula