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Samuel James MacMullan, professor of history and English literature at Queen’s College, Belfast (1892–1900), was born at Hillsborough, Co. Down, the son of a Royal Irish Constabulary inspector. He was educated at Cookstown Academy and the Royal Belfast Academical Institution. He attended Queen’s College, Belfast (1858–1861) and obtained the degrees of BA and MA from the Queen’s University in Ireland. He was appointed principal of Cookstown Academy (1862) and remained in the post for six years. He thereafter served as assistant librarian at Queen’s College, Belfast, and also as assistant registrar. He settled in London as headmaster of a private school at Blackheath, and subsequently ran a school of his own in the capital and was employed as a university extension lecturer in London and Belfast. In 1892 he was appointed to the above professorship at Queen’s, Belfast and was also elected a fellow of the Royal University of Ireland.
Queen's University Belfast
Belfast
Title
Professor Samuel James MacMullan (1842–1900)
Date
c.1901–1902
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 76 x W 63 cm
Accession number
QUB 60
Acquisition method
gift
Work type
Painting
Inscription description
Not inscribed
Queen's University Belfast
University Road, Belfast, County Antrim BT7 1NN Northern Ireland
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