asked the Minister for Education if he will state, for each of the years 1940-41 to 1946-47, inclusive, the amount of the grants: (a) voted, and (b) paid out to the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, under the Institute for Advanced Studies Act, 1940 (No. 13 of 1940), for: (i) expenses of the administration of the Institute and the constituent schools under Section 25 (1) (a); (ii) each constituent school for the time being established under Section 25 (1) (b); and (iii) the acquisition and maintenance of buildings for each constituent school, under Section 16 (5).
Written Answers. - Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies.
Following is the reply:— Amount of the grants (a) voted and (b) paid out under the following heads:—
A. (1)—GRANT TOWARDS THE EXPENSES OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE INSTITUTE AND THE CONSTITUENT SCHOOLS.
|
Year. |
Amount Voted. |
Amount Paid. |
|
£ |
£ |
|
|
1940/41 |
2,200 |
2,800 |
|
1941/42 |
4,000 |
4,400 |
|
1942/43 |
3,840 |
2,883 |
|
1943/44 |
3,800 |
4,150 |
|
1944/45 |
4,220 |
3,350 |
|
1945/46 |
3,810 |
3,500 |
|
1946/47 |
4,100 |
3,100 |
A. (2).—GRANT IN RESPECT OF THE SCHOOL OF CELTIC STUDIES.
|
Year |
Amount Voted |
Amount Paid |
|
£ |
£ |
|
|
1940/41 |
2,400 |
1,550 |
|
1941/42 |
8,250 |
4,905 |
|
1942/43 |
8,620 |
5,250 |
|
1943/44 |
9,400 |
7,950 |
|
1944/45 |
9,820 |
8,000 |
|
1945/46 |
10,410 |
8,050 |
|
1946/47 |
10,650 |
10,900 |
A. (3)—GRANT IN RESPECT OF THE SCHOOL OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS.
|
Year. |
Amount Voted. |
Amount Paid. |
|
£ |
£ |
|
|
1940/41 |
1,200 |
950 |
|
1941/42 |
4,050 |
2,100 |
|
1942/43 |
3,900 |
2,500 |
|
1943/44 |
4,050 |
3,600 |
|
1944/45 |
4,250 |
3,050 |
|
1945/46 |
6,170 |
3,550 |
|
1946/47 |
6,400 |
3,250 |
A. (4)—GRANT IN RESPECT OF THE SCHOOL OF COSMIC PHYSICS.
|
Year. |
Amount of Vote. |
Amount Paid. |
|
£ |
£ |
|
|
1946/47 |
5,000 |
5,000 |
A. (5)—GRANT IN RESPECT OF SCHOOL OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH.
|
Year. |
Amount Voted. |
Amount Paid. |
|
£ |
£ |
|
|
1946/47 |
5,000 |
Nil. |
B.—GRANT UNDER SECTION 16 (5) OF THE INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES ACT, 1940.
|
Year |
Amount Voted |
Amount Paid |
||
|
£ |
£ |
s. |
d. |
|
|
1940/41 |
500 |
971 |
19 |
8 |
|
1941/42 |
500 |
933 |
11 |
0 |
|
1942/43 |
100 |
116 |
13 |
10 |
|
1943/44 |
Nil |
Nil |
||
|
1944/45 |
Nil |
Nil |
||
|
1945/46 |
Nil |
Nil |
||
|
1946/47 |
10,000 |
6,000 |
0 |
0 |
asked the Minister for Education if he will state, in respect of each of the years 1940-41 to 1946-47, inclusive, the names, qualifications, nationality, and the nature, terms and period of appointment of each person employed on the academic staff of the School of Celtic Studies in the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies.
The information sought is as follows:—
SCHOOL OF CELTIC STUDIES.
APPOINTMENTS TO THE ACADEMIC STAFF, 1940—1947.
OSBORN J. BERGIN:
Qualifications: Ph. D., D.Litt.; Professor of Old Irish, U.C.D.
Nationality: Irish.
Nature and Terms of Appointment: Appointed Senior Professor on 29th October, 1940.
Resigned—2nd July, 1941.
THOMAS O'RAHILLY:
Qualifications: M.A., D.Litt. Celt. (Honoris causa); Research Professor of Irish. U.C.D.
Nationality: Irish.
Nature and Terms of Appointment: Appointed Senior Professor on 29th October, 1940.
Continues in post.
RICHARD I. BEST:
Qualifications: D.Litt. (Honoris Causa): formerly Director, National Library.
Nationality: Irish.
Nature and Terms of Appointment: Appointed Senior Professor on 29th October, 1940.
Retired on reaching the age of 75 on 17th January, 1947.
JAMES P. CARNEY:
Qualifications: B.A.; previous experience of editing texts from MSS. in R.I.A.
Nationality: Irish.
Nature and Terms of Appointment:
(1) Appointed to temporary full-time post as Assistant for one year as from 3/6/41; re-appointed for further period of six months as from 3/6/42.
(2) Appointed to temporary full-time post as Assistant (Grade II) for one year as from 3/12/42; appointment renewed for six months as from 3/12/43 and subsequently for a further period of six months as from 3/6/44.
(3) Appointed to permanent post as Assistant (Grade I) as from 3/12/44.
(4) Appointed to permanent post as Assistant Professor as from 3/12/45.
Continues in this post.
MISS EILEEN M. EVANS:
Qualifications: B.A.; Lecturer in Phonetics, University of London.
Nationality: British.
Nature and Terms of Appointment: Appointed to temporary full-time post as Assistant Professor for one year. Appointment operative as from 21/5/41 to 20/5/42.
DONN S. PIATT:
Qualifications: M.A. (1928); Studied Phonetics in the Institute under Miss Eileen M. Evans during the year 1941-42.
Nationality: Irish.
Nature and Terms of Appointment: Appointed to temporary part-time post for three months as from 9/2/42.
BRIAN Ó CUÍV:
Qualifications: M.A. (Celt. Studies), 1940; Lecturer in Old Irish and Welsh, Maynooth 1940-42; worked on preparation of Irish Dictionary in R.I.A. Studied Phonetics in the Institute under Miss Eileen M. Evans during the year 1941-42.
Nationality: Irish.
Nature and Terms of Appointment:
(1) Appointed to temporary part-time post from 16/2/42 to 30/6/42.
(2) Appointed to temporary full-time post as Assistant (Grade I) for one year as from 1/7/42; re-appointed for further year as from 1/7/43.
(3) Appointed to permanent post as Assistant Professor as from 1/7/44.
Continues in this post.
SEÁN MAC AIRT:
Qualifications: B.A., 1939; Research Scholarship at U.C.D., 1939-40; M.A., 1941.
Nationality: Irish.
Nature and Terms of Appointment:
(1) Appointed to temporary full-time post for one year as from 23/2/42.
(2) Appointed to temporary full-time post as Assistant (Grade I) as from 23/2/43.
Appointment operative as from 23/2/43 to 30/6/44.
(3) Appointed to permanent post as Assistant Professor as from 1/7/44.
Continues in this post.
SÉAMUS Ó HINNSE:
Qualifications: M.A., 1940; Ph.D., 1943.
Nationality: Irish.
Nature and Terms of Appointment:
(1) Appointed to temporary part-time post for six months as from 23/3/42.
(2) Appointed to temporary full-time post for six months as from 23/9/42; re-appointed for further period of one year as from 23/3/43.
Resigned—October, 1943.
MICHAEL A. O'BRIEN:
Qualifications: M.A., (N.U.I.); Travelling Studentship in Celtic Studies, N.U.I. (1920); Ph.D., (Berlin); Lecturer in Celtic, Queen's University, Belfast, 1925-1939; Reader in Celtic Languages, Q.U.B., 1939-1942.
Nationality: Irish.
Nature and Terms of Appointment: Appointed to permanent post as Professor as from 1/7/42.
Resigned 31/10/45 in order to take newly-created Chair of Celtic in Q.U.B.
RISTEARD B. BREATNACH:
Qualifications: M.A., 1938; Bursary in Phonetic Training N.U.I. (1938).
Nationality: Irish.
Nature and Terms of Appointment: Appointed to temporary part-time post for one year as from 1/7/42.
Resigned—April, 1943.
TOMÁS DE BHALDRAITHE:
Qualifications: B.A., 1937; Travelling Studentship in Modern Languages (Irish and French), 1938; M.A., 1939; Ph.D., 1942.
Nationality: Irish.
Nature and Terms of Appointment: Appointed to temporary full-time post for one year as from 1/7/42; re-appointed for further year as from 1/7/43.
Resigned to take up post as Assistant Lecturer in Irish in U.C.D. in November, 1943.
MÁIRE MHAC AN TSAOI:
Qualifications: B.A., 1941; M.A., 1942; Travelling Studentship in Irish (including Early and Mediaeval Irish) and English, 1942.
Nationality: Irish.
Nature and Terms of Appointment: Appointed to temporary full-time post as Assistant for one year as from 6/11/42. Subsequently awarded Scholarship in School for 2 years from 6/11/43 to 2/10/45.
MISS SHEILA FALCONER:
Qualifications: Mod. B.A., (Irish and French), 1941; Mod. B.A., (Celtic Languages), 1942.
Nationality: Irish.
Nature and Terms of Appointment: Appointed to temporary full-time post as Assistant (Grade II) as from 1/1/45; re-appointed to post as from 1/1/47.
Continues in post.
REV. CANICE MOONEY, O.F.M.
Qualifications: M.A., (N.U.I.), B.Ph., (Louvain); previously worked as Extern Research worker for the School of Celtic Studies.
Nationality: Irish.
Nature and Terms of Appointment: Appointed to permanent post as Assistant Professor as from 25/2/46.
Continues in post.
MISS CECILE O'RAHILLY.
Qualifications: M.A., (N.U.I., 1917, University of Wales, 1919); Travelling Studentship in Celtic Studies N.U.I. (1916); previous experience of editing and research work.
Nationality: Irish.
Nature and Terms of Appointment: Appointed to permanent post as Assistant Professor as from 1/9/46.
Continues in post.
asked the Minister for Education if he will state the names, qualifications, nationality, and the nature and terms of appointment of those at present employed in the Dublin Institute for Advanced. Studies on the academic staff of: (a) the School of Celtic Studies; (b) the School of Theoretical Physics; (c) the School of Cosmic Physics, and (d) the School of Historical Research.
The information sought is as follows:—
INSTITIÚID ÁRD-LÉIGHINN BHAILE ÁTHA CLIATH.
(Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies).
PRESENT MEMBERS OF THE ACADEMIC STAFFS OF THE CONSTITUENT SCHOOLS (3/5/47).
(a) SCHOOL OF CELTIC STUDIES.
(1) DR. THOMAS F. O'RAHILLY.
Qualifications: M.A., D.Litt.Celt. (Honoris causa); Research Professor of Irish in U.C.D.
Nationality: Irish.
Nature and Terms of Present Appointment: Permanent pensionable full-time post as Senior Professor as from 29/10/40.
(2) MR. BRIAN Ó CUÍV.
Qualifications: M.A., (Celt. Studies), 1940; Lecturer in Old Irish and Welsh, Maynooth, 1940-42; worked on preparation of Irish Dictionary in R.I.A. Studied Phonetics in the Institute under Miss Eileen M. Evans, during the year 1941-42.
Nationality: Irish.
Nature and Terms of Present Appointment: Permanent pensionable full-time post as Assistant Professor as from 1/7/44.
(3) MR. SEÁN MAC AIRT.
Qualifications: B.A., 1939; Research Scholarship at U.C.D., 1939-40; M.A., 1941.
Nationality: Irish.
Nature and Terms of Present Appointment: Permanent pensionable full-time post as Assistant Professor as from 1/7/44.
(4) MR. JAMES P. CARNEY.
Qualifications: B.A.; previous experience of editing texts from MSS. in R.I.A.
Nationality: Irish.
Nature and Terms of Present Appointment: Permanent pensionable full-time post as Assistant Professor as from 3/12/45.
(5) REV. CANICE MOONEY.
Qualifications: M.A. (N.U.I.), B.Ph., (Louvain); previously worked as Extern Research worker for the School of Celtic Studies.
Nationality: Irish.
Nature and Terms of Present Appointment: Permanent pensionable full-time post as Assistant Professor as from 25/2/46.
(6) MISS CECILE O'RAHILLY.
Qualifications: M.A., (N.U.I., 1917, University of Wales, 1919); Travelling Studentship in Celtic Studies, N.U.I. (1916); previous experience of editing and research work.
Nationality: Irish.
Nature and Terms of Present Appointment: Permanent pensionable full-time post as Assistant Professor as from 1/9/46.
(7) MISS SHEILA FALCONER.
Qualifications: Mod. B.A., (Irish and French), 1941; Mod. B.A., (Celtic Languages), 1942.
Nationality: Irish.
Nature and Terms of Present Appointment: Temporary full-time post as Assistant (Grade II) for one year as from 1/1/47.
(b) SCHOOL OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS.
(1) DR. WALTER HEITLER.
Qualifications: Ph.D., Munich, 1926; previous research work in Quantum Mechanics, etc., at University of Bristol.
Nationality: German, naturalised Irish citizen.
Nature and Terms of Present Appointment: Permanent pensionable full-time post as Senior Professor as from 24/7/45.
(2) DR. ERWIN SCHROEDINGER.
Qualifications: Ph.D., Vienna; M.A., Oxon.; Sc.D., (Honoris causa), N.U.I. and T.C.D. Nobel prize in Physics, 1933.
Nationality: Austrian.
Nature and Terms of Present Appointment: Permanent pensionable full-time post as Senior Professor as from 29/10/40.
(3) DR. HWAN WU PENG.
Qualifications: B.Sc., National Tsinghua University, Peiping, China; Ph.D., Edinburgh. Sometime Carnegie Fellow at Edinburgh University.
Nationality: Chinese.
Nature and Terms of Present Appointment: Temporary full-time post as Assistant Professor for three years as from 4/7/45.
(4) DR. NING HU.
Qualifications: B.Sc., National Tsinghua University, Peiping, China; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif. Research work in Physics at Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton.
Nationality: Chinese.
Nature and Terms of Present Employment: Scholarship for one year as from 30/1/47.
(5) DR. A. PAPAPETROU.
Qualifications: Diploma of electrical engineering, Athens, 1930; Professor of Physics, Athens National University of Engineering Science.
Nationality: Greek.
Nature and Terms of Present Appointment: Scholarship for one year as from 29/10/46.
(6) DR. SHEILA POWER.
Qualifications: B.A., 1938; M.A., 1939; Ph.D., 1941 (N.U.I.). Research work in University of Edinburgh. On staff of U.C.D. as Lecturer.
Nationality: Irish.
Nature and Terms of Present Appointment: Part-time Scholar.
(7) MISS CÉCILE MORETTE.
Qualifications: Research work in physics in the Institut Henri Poincaré in Paris.
Nationality: French.
Nature and Terms of Present Appointment: Scholarship.
(8) MR. DEBIDAS BASU.
Qualifications: B.Sc., 1937; M.Sc., in Physics, 1940, University of Calcutta.
Nationality: Indian.
Nature and Terms of Present Appointment: Student for one year as from 6/9/46.
(9) MR. WADI ATTALA BASSALY.
Qualifications: B.Sc., (Mathematics), 1940; M.Sc., 1944, Fonad I University, Cairo.
Nationality: Egyptian.
Nature and Terms of Present Appointment: Student for one year as from 8/10/46.
(10) MISS MARY HOUSTON.
Qualifications: (Mod.) B.A., 1945, B.Sc., 1946 (T.C.D.).
Nationality: Irish.
Nature and Terms of Present Appointment: Permanent pensionable full-time post as Technical Assistant as from 1/1/47.
(c) SCHOOL OF COSMIC PHYSICS.
(1) L.W. POLLAK.
Qualifications: Phil. Dr. (with distinction) in Cosmic Physics and Astronomy (Prague, 1912), ö. o, * Professor and Director of the Geophysical Institute and Meteorological Observatory of the German University in Prague (1929-1939), Dean of the Science Faculty, 1935-36. Senior Meteorological Officer, Department of Industry and Commerce, Dublin, from October, 1939.
Nationality: Czecho-Slovakian.
Nature and Terms of Appointment: Permanent pensionable full-time post as Senior Professor as from 1/4/47.
(2) L. JANOSSY.
Qualifications: Ph.D., Berlin (magna cum laude) in Physics, 1936. Assistant Lecturer in Physics at Manchester University, 1939. I.C.I. Fellow at Manchester University, 1945-47.
Nationality: Hungarian.
Nature and Terms of Appointment: Permanent pensionable full-time post as Senior Professor as from 1/7/47.
(3) H.A. BRÜCK.
Qualifications: Ph.D., in Theoretical Physics, Munich. Lecturer at University of Berlin. Previously Assistant at Potsdam Observatory and at Vatican Observatory (1936-37). Assistant-Director, Cambridge Observatory, 1937-46, Director, Cambridge Observatory, 1946-47.
Nationality: German, naturalised British subject.
Nature and Terms of Appointment: Permanent pensionable full-time post as Senior Professor as from 1/10/47.
(d) SCHOOL OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH
Not yet established.
*o=ordentlicher (regular).
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