John O'Sullivan (politician)

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John Marcus O'Sullivan ( Irish Seán Marcus Ó Súilleabháin , born February 18, 1881 in Killarney , County Kerry , † February 9, 1948 ) was an Irish historian , university professor and politician of the Cumann na nGaedheal and the Fine Gael .

biography

After attending school, he studied history and philosophy at University College Dublin - National University of Ireland, Dublin as well as the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn and the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg . After earning a Philosophiae Doctor , he was appointed professor at the Chair of Contemporary History at University College Dublin in 1910 .

He began his political career as a candidate for Cumann na nGaedheal in 1923 when he was elected Member ( Teachta Dála ) of the House of Commons ( Dáil Éireann ), in which he represented the constituency of Kerry after four re-elections until 1937 .

On December 1, 1924, he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury Secretary by William Thomas Cosgrave , Chairman of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State , and thus assumed his first government office.

As part of a cabinet reshuffle, he became Minister of Education on January 27, 1926, and held this position until the end of WT Cosgrave's term on March 9, 1932.

During this time he was a member of the Irish delegation to the League of Nations from 1924 and from 1928 to 1930 .

In 1937 he was re-elected as a candidate for the Fine Gael to the House of Commons and represented the constituency of Kerry North until 1943 . After suffering defeat in the general election in 1943, he left the Dáil and retired from active political life.

Publications

His most significant publications include:

  • Comparison of the methods of Kant and Hegel on the basis of their treatment of the category of quantity. Heidelberg (Ruprecht-Karls-Universität), 1908
  • Old Criticism and New Pragmatism. 1909
  • Phases of revolution. 1923
  • Defending the truth. Catholic Truth Society of Ireland, 1927
  • Some elements of European disorder. Catholic Association of International Relations, 1939

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Publications

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personal data
SURNAME O'Sullivan, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES O'Sullivan, John Marcus (full name); Ó Súilleabháin, Seán Marcus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish politician (Cumann na nGaedheal and Fine Gael), historian and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH February 18, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH Killarney , County Kerry
DATE OF DEATH February 9, 1948