Robert Lloyd Praeger (1865–1953)
Author of The Way That I Went
About the Author
Image credit: Robert Lloyd Praeger, by Sarah Cecilia Harrison
Works by Robert Lloyd Praeger
A populous solitude 4 copies
Irish topographical botany 1 copy
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Praeger, Robert Lloyd
- Birthdate
- 1865-08-25
- Date of death
- 1953-05-05
- Burial location
- Deansgrange Cemetery, Dublin, Ireland
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Ireland
- Birthplace
- Holywood, County Down, Ireland
- Places of residence
- Holywood, County Down, Ireland
Dublin, Ireland - Education
- Sullivan Upper School
- Occupations
- engineer
Librarian, National Library of Ireland
naturalist - Organizations
- Royal Irish Academy (President, 1931-34)
An Taisce (President)
Irish Mountaineering Club (President)
Members
Reviews
Lists
Statistics
- Works
- 11
- Members
- 116
- Popularity
- #169,721
- Rating
- 4.0
- Reviews
- 3
- ISBNs
- 11
- Languages
- 1
Originally written in 1937 it's shocking how this comment echoes through time "And Ireland is a very lovely country. Indeed, there is only one thing wrong with it, and that is that the people that are in it have not the common-sense to live in peace with one another and with their neighbours. Past events and political theory are allowed to bulk much too large in our mental make-up, and the result is dissatisfaction, unrest and occasionally shocking violence."
Indeed.… (more)