Thom's Irish Who's Who/Kerin, Richard Charles Bolger

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3203312Thom's Irish Who's Who — Kerin, Richard Charles Bolger


KERIN, Richard Charles Bolger; b. 1867; son of the late C. Maxwell Kerin, C.I. R.I.C., and Jane, eldest dau. of James Bolger, of Balnabarna, Co. Kilkenny. Educ. at St. Peter's, Wexford, Belvedere, Downside and Univ. College, Dublin; graduated B.A. of London Univ. (first in 1st Class Honours in Classics); for many years engaged in teaching and examining; Classical Examiner for many years to the Intermediate Education Board and the University of London; elected by Convocation a member of the Senate of the University of London by the record majority of 654 votes; member of the University Extension Board, of the Matriculation Board, the Committee of Commercial Education and the Classical Board of Studies; Member of the Sub-Committee dealing with Inspection; Governor of Owens School, and Member of the Goldsmiths' Institute Delegacy: selected to represent the University of London at the Brussels Educational Congress; Member ot the Committee dealing with co-ordination of Matriculation Examinations. Examiner for many years in Classics, Mathematics, French and German, for the Westminster Hospital Scholarships; Inspector of Intermediate Education since 1909. Editor of the Pro Plancio and the Phaedo; has contributed many articles on Education and teaching to various educational journals; has specialised in the history of the French Revolution; Member of the Royal Institution. Hobbies: punting, golf, tennis and book collecting. Res.: Fernside, Killiney, Co. Dublin.