Dublin University Philosophical Society

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Name (Latin)
Dublin University Philosophical Society
Other forms of name
University Philosophical Society (Dublin)
Dublin Philosophical Society
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 125391049
Wikidata: Q7894875
Library of congress: n 90623293
Sources of Information
  • LC data base, 03-22-90(hdg.: Dublin University Philosophical Society; usages: Dublin Philosophical Society; University Philosophical Society)
  • nuc89-42343: Its Papers of the Dublin Philosophical Society, 1683-1708 [MI] 198-(hdg. on TxHR rept.: Dublin University Philosophical Society)
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Wikipedia description:

The University Philosophical Society (UPS), commonly known as The Phil, is a student paper-reading and debating society in Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. Founded in 1848, it is the revived form of an organisation established in 1683 named Dublin Philosophical Society. It is one of the largest student societies in Ireland, and currently claims to have 10,000 active members. The society is based within the Graduates Memorial Building of Trinity College. Throughout its history, it has welcomed many notable guests and some of its members have included Ernest Walton, John Butler Yeats, Samuel Beckett, Bram Stoker and Oscar Wilde.

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