John Pentland Mahaffy (1839 - 1919)

Born 26 Feb 1839 in Vevey, Switzerland

Ancestors

Husband of Frances Letitia (MacDougall) Mahaffy — married 12 Jul 1865 in Coolock, Dublin North, Ireland

Died 30 Apr 1919 at age 80 in Dublin, Ireland

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Irish classicist and polymathic scholar.

Biography

John Mahaffy is Notable.

Irish classical scholar, was born in Switzerland on the 12th of July 1839.

On 12 July 1865, Mahaffy married Frances Letitia MacDougall,^[1] by whom he had three daughters and two sons:

Henrietta, b. 4 May 1866^[2]

Robert Pentland , b. 1871;^[3] d. 1943

Rachel Mary , b. 1874;^[4] d. 1944

Elsie (d. 1926)

Arthur William (d. 1919)

He received his early education in Switzerland and Germany, and later at Trinity College, Dublin, where he held the professorship of ancient history. Mahaffy, a man of great versatility, published numerous works, some of which, especially those dealing with what may be called the Silver age of Greece, became standard authorities. The following deserve mention: History of Classical Greek Literature (4th ed., 1903 seq.); Social Life in Greece from Homer to Menander (4th ed., 1903); The Silver Age of the Greek World (1906); The Empire of the Ptolemies (1896); Greek Life and Thought from Alexander to the Roman Conquest (2nd ed., 1896); The Greek World under Roman Sway from Polybius to Plutarch (1890). His translation of Kuno Fischer’s Commentary on Kant (1866) and his own exhaustive analysis, with elucidations, of Kant’s critical philosophy are of great value. He also edited the Petrie papyri in the Cunningham Memoirs (3 vols. 1891–1905).

Sources

1. ↑ "Ireland Civil Registration, 1845-1913," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGV8-JRKW : 10 August 2022), John Pentland Mahaffy and Frances Letitia MacDougal, Marriage 12 Jul 1865, Coolock, Dublin North, Ireland; citing General Register Office, Dublin; FHL microfilm 101,480.
2. ↑ "Ireland Births and Baptisms, 1620-1881", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FRHR-6MJ 15 February 2020), John Pentland Mahaffy in entry for Henrietta Mahaffy, 1866.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9CK-3LS : 20 May 2019), Robert P Mahaffy in household of John P Mahaffy, City of London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing St Margaret And St John subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
4. ↑ "Ireland Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPBG-KLBC : 11 April 2022), Rachel M Mahaffy in household of John T Mahaffy, Street, Granard, County Westmeath, Ireland; citing Census, Street, Granard, County Westmeath, Ireland, 0000152821, Public Record Office of Ireland, Belfast.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Pentland_Mahaffy
• https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Mahaffy,_John_Pentland
• R. B. McDowell, W. B. Stanford published Mahaffy: A Biography of an Anglo-Irishman (Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1971).
• "Ireland Civil Registration Indexes, 1845-1958," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FRLQ-MJ6 : 10 March 2018), DEATHS entry for John P Mahaffy; citing Dublin South, Apr - Jun 1919, vol. 2, p. 593, General Registry, Custom House, Dublin; FHL microfilm 101,607.