Celbridge is a town and townland on the River Liffey in County Kildare, Ireland. It is 23 km (14 mi) west of Dublin. Both a local centre and a commuter town within the Greater Dublin Area, it is located at the intersection of the R403 and R405 regional roads. As of the 2016 census, Celbridge was the third largest town in County Kildare by population, with over 20,000 residents.
Peter Woulfe (1727–1803) was an Irish chemist and mineralogist. He first had the idea that wolframite might contain a previously undiscovered element (tungsten).
James Adair, KS was an Irish-born judge, serjeant-at-law, and Member of Parliament, who spent his career based in London.
William Conolly, also known as Speaker Conolly, was an Irish politician, Commissioner of Revenue, lawyer and landowner.
John Rutty (1697–1775) was a Dublin Quaker physician and naturalist born in Melksham, Wiltshire, England. He was the author of many texts including A methodical synopsis of the Mineral Waters of Ireland (1757) and An Essay towards the Natural History of the County of Dublin (1772). After his death his spiritual diary was published, and the botanist William Henry Harvey named the genus Acanthaceae Ruttya after him.
John Ryder was the Church of Ireland Bishop of Down and Connor, from 1743 to 1752, and then Archbishop of Tuam, from 1752 to his death in 1775.
Celbridge Abbey is located in Celbridge, County Kildare in Ireland.
John Lalor (1814–1856) was an Irish journalist, author, and solicitor.
Robert Ussher (1592–1642) was an Irish Protestant Provost of Trinity College Dublin and Bishop of Kildare.
Events from the year 1765 in Wales.
Rear-Admiral Sir Richard Spry was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, North American Station.
Charles Varlo or Varley (c.1725–c.1795) was an English agriculturist. He held papers pertaining to the failed colony of New Albion.
Thomas Elrington was an Irish academic and bishop. He was Donegall Lecturer in Mathematics (1790-1795) at Trinity College Dublin (TCD). While at TCD he also served as Erasmus Smith's Professor of Mathematics (1795–1799) and as Erasmus Smith's Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy (1799–1807). Later, he was Provost of Trinity College Dublin (1811-1820), then Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe (1820-1822), and finally Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin till his death in Liverpool in 1835.
Henry Aaron Baker (1753–1836), was an Irish architect.
John Baker was an English flowerpainter.
George Hall was an academic at Trinity College Dublin, who served as the fourth Erasmus Smith's Professor of Mathematics from 1799 to 1800, as Provost of the college from 1806 to 1811, and the Church of Ireland Bishop of Dromore for a few days before his death in 1811.
Thomas Prior was an Irish author, known as the founder of the Royal Dublin Society.
Reverend William Hickey, also known as Martin Doyle was an Irish writer and philanthropist.
Charles Richard Weld (1813–1869) was an English writer, known as a historian of the Royal Society.
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