Bertram Windle - by Ann Keogh (Hardcover)

About the Book

Bertram Windle, given his background and formation, provides a unique view of Irish politics, history and education. The work is all the more important because of the richness of primary sources on which it is based.

Book Synopsis

Bertram Windle was a doctor, a scientist, an archaeologist, an anthropologist, a writer on English literature and evolution, and President of Queen's/University College Cork. During his time in Ireland between 1904 and 1919, he had a major impact on the development of higher education and the development of the National University of Ireland. This volume examines Windle and his actions during this period.

Review Quotes

Drawing extensively on the extraordinarily candid papers of Sir Bertram Windle, the renowned President who presided over the transformation of Queen's College into University College Cork after 1908, Professor Dermot Keogh sketches not only a memorable portrait of a remarkable personality, but illuminates the world of the university and of the rising Catholic middle classes in a manner that enriches understanding of the social and cultural inheritance of the Irish state.--Professor Joe Lee, History and Irish Studies