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ALEXANDER TARLETON, who died on June 20, was born in Co. Monaghan in 1841. He was the youngest son of the late Rev. J. R. Tarleton, of the Established Church in Ireland, and received his earlier education from his father. At the age of sixteen he entered Trinity College, Dublin. He was in the same year as the late Sir Robert Ball, whom he defeated at the moderatorship examination in mathematics in 1861, taking also a junior moderatorship in logic and ethics. Elected to fellowship in 1866, and called to the Bar in 1868, he was for a time assistant to the professor of applied chemistry, and professor of natural philosophy from 1890 to 1901, when he was co-opted a senior fellow. From that time until a few days before his death he sat as an efficient member of the board of Trinity College. Dr. Tarleton held several college offices, including those of senior bursar, senior lecturer, and senior dean, the last being a sinecure—for its statutory duties have long since lapsed. As senior bursar he showed his qualities as a first-class financier. He was at one time president of the Royal Irish Academy, and a member of the Board of Irish Intermediate Education.
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ROGERS, R. Dr. F. A. Tarleton. Nature 105, 554 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/105554a0
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