Robert Dougatt

Robert Dougatt (1683-1730) was an Anglican priest and librarian in Ireland in the first half of the 18th-century.

Dougatt was the nephew (sister's son) of William King, Archbishop of Dublin.[1] He was born in Castlecaulfield and educated at Trinity College, Dublin.[2] He was Archdeacon of Dublin from 1715 to 1719;[3] and Precentor of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin from 1719 until his death.[4] He was also the librarian of Marsh's Library, Dublin, from 1719 to 1730, and compiled the first catalogue of the library.[5]

Notes
  1. C. S. King, ed., A Great Archbishop of Dublin, William King, D.D., 1650-1729: his autobiography, family, and a selection from his correspondence. London: Longman, Green, 1906
  2. "Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860 George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p239: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
  3. "Fasti ecclesiæ hibernicæ: the succession of the prelates in Ireland Vol II" Cotton,H pp130: Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1860
  4. "Fasti ecclesiæ hibernicæ: the succession of the prelates in Ireland Vol II" Cotton,H p112: Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1860
  5. Muriel McCarthy, Marsh's Library: All Graduates and Gentlemen. 2nd ed. Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2003


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