Sir William Rowan Hamilton was an Irish mathematician, astronomer, and physicist. He was Andrews Professor of Astronomy at Trinity College Dublin.
(Francis Stewart) Leland Lyons was an Irish historian and academic who served as the 40th Provost of Trinity College Dublin from 1974 to 1981.
The Ascension Parish Burial Ground, formerly known as the burial ground for the parish of St Giles and St Peter's, is a cemetery off Huntingdon Road in Cambridge, England. Many notable University of Cambridge academics are buried there, including three Nobel Prize winners.
William Bedell Stanford was an Irish classical scholar and senator. He was Regius Professor of Greek at Trinity College Dublin from 1940 to 1980, and served as chancellor of the University of Dublin from 1982 to 1984.
Franc Sadleir [formerly Francis] was an Irish academic who served as the 28th Provost of Trinity College Dublin from 1837 to 1851.
Charles Graves was an Irish mathematician, academic, and clergyman. He was Erasmus Smith's Professor of Mathematics at Trinity College Dublin (1843–1862), and was president of the Royal Irish Academy (1861–1866). He served as dean of the Chapel Royal at Dublin Castle, and later as Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe. He was the brother of both the jurist and mathematician John Graves, and the writer and clergyman Robert Perceval Graves.
William Chappell was an English scholar and clergyman who served as the 7th Provost of Trinity College Dublin from 1634 to 1640. He became Church of Ireland bishop of Cork and Ross.
William Allman, M.D. (1776–1846) was Professor of Botany at Dublin.
Thomas Elrington was an Irish academic and bishop who served as the 25th Provost of Trinity College Dublin from 1811 to 1820. He was Donegall Lecturer in Mathematics from 1790 to 1795 at Trinity College Dublin. While at Trinity College, he also served as Erasmus Smith's Professor of Mathematics from 1795 to 1799 and Erasmus Smith's Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy from 1799 to 1807.
George Hall was an English academic who served as the 24th Provost of Trinity College Dublin from 1806 to 1811. He also served as Erasmus Smith's Professor of Mathematics from 1799 to 1800 and the Church of Ireland Bishop of Dromore for a few days before he died in 1811.
Timothy Trevor West was an Irish mathematician, academic and politician.
John Sterne (1660–1745) was an Irish Church of Ireland clergyman, bishop of Dromore from 1713 and then bishop of Clogher from 1717.
Bartholomew Lloyd was an Irish mathematician and academic who served as the 27th Provost of Trinity College Dublin from 1731 to 1737. His entire career was spent at Trinity College Dublin. As Erasmus Smith's Professor of Mathematics there, he promoted significant curricular reforms, including the introduction of the teaching of calculus.
Richard Helsham was an Irish physician and natural philosopher at Trinity College Dublin. He was the inaugural Erasmus Smith's Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy from 1724 and Regius Professor of Physic from 1733.
Albert Joseph McConnell was an Irish mathematician and mathematical physicist who served as the 39th Provost of Trinity College Dublin from 1952 to 1974 and a member of the Council of State from January 1973 to June 1973. He spent his entire academic career at Trinity College Dublin.
Robert King was an Irish clergyman and school teacher who published extensively on church history.
