Phyllis E. M. Clinch (12 Sept 1901 Oct 1984).👩‍🎓 (Botany/Chemistry). PhD metabolism of conifer leaves🌲! Research plant virus diseases; potato🥔/sugar beet/tomato🍅! Prof ! VP scientific committee! VP https://t.co/Gr8PEGUtXK

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Sir Richard Steele (baptised 12 March 1672 Sept 1729 Wales). Writer, playwright, MP. Co-founder of The Tatler (echo coffee house conversations. Jonathan Swift contributed!), The Spectator & the Guardian. In household of Prince George of Denmark! https://t.co/Whj2NNw9M8

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Mervyn Wall (23 Aug 1908 May 1997). Novels, plays, short stories, Ireland Today.👨‍🎓 . Civil servant , Secretary . 2 of novels are humorous fantasy about misadventures of a monk in Dark Ages Ireland! https://t.co/MYGYLADv6K

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Arthur Griffith (31 March 1871 Aug 1922 Writer; time in S Africa & newspaper editor. Founder Sinn Féin. Chairman Irish delegation at London negotiations; produced 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty. President Dáil Éireann Jan-Aug 1922 🪦Glasnevin https://t.co/H1ZG9A9ekD

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William Theobald Wolfe Tone (29 April 1791 Oct 1828 D.C.). Son of Wolfe Tone. Raised France. Joined Grand Army in Germany. His nom de guerre was le petit loup, the little wolf! Received Legion of Honour. After Battle of Waterloo, emigrated to US (Captain in US Army).

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Whitley Stokes CSI CIE FBA (28 Feb 1830 April 1909 London). Lawyer & "the greatest of the Celtologists" !👨‍🎓 . Studied Irish, Breton, Cornish texts! Fellow https://t.co/za87HwboDI

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James Joyce (2 Feb 1882 Jan 1941 Zürich, Switzerland). Novelist, short stories, poet e.g. Ulysses, Dubliners, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Finnegans Wake, 3 books poetry, a play & published letters! https://t.co/8EhQzbNeOV https://t.co/hYmJn5SPh6

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Phyllis E. M. Clinch (12 Sept 1901 Oct 1984).👩‍🎓 (Botany/Chemistry). PhD metabolism of conifer leaves🌲! Research plant virus diseases; potato🥔/sugar beet/tomato🍅! Prof ! VP scientific committee! VP https://t.co/ipYEdkDYYX

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