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Dionysius Lardner

1793 - 1859

Born

03 April 1793

Dublin, Ireland

Died

29 April 1859

Naples, Italy

Gender
Male
Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
28/02/1828
Occupation
Clergyman
Relationships
Son of a Clare solicitor, William O'Brien Lardner; married: 1) (1815) Cecilia Flood (died 1862) granddaughter of the Irish parliamentarian Henry Flood, with whom he had three children, they separated (1820) and divorced (1849); 2) Mary, divorced wife of Captain Heaviside (?1849); father of Dionysius Lardner Boursiquot (b 1820) who became known as Dion Boucicault, playwright and author of 'The Shaughran'

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