Thomas Dix Hincks


Thomas Dix Hincks was an Irish orientalist and naturalist. He was a founding member of the Belfast Natural History Society and a member of the Royal Irish Academy.

Education

Hincks was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.

Career

Hincks was ordained a Presbyterian minister and worked at the Old Presbyterian Church (Unitarian) on Princes Street in Cork. After teaching in the [Royal Cork (city)|Cork Institution|Cork Institution], which he founded, he taught in Fermoy, County Cork. In 1821 he was appointed Master of the Classical School at the Belfast Academical Institution, in 1822 becoming Professor of Oriental Languages. He gained a Doctorate in Laws from Glasgow University in 1834.
He wrote A Greek-English Lexicon. Containing all the words that occur in the books used in most schools and collegiate courses London: Whittaker & Co. Dublin and edited the Munster Agricultural Magazine in Cork. For Rees's Cyclopædia he contributed the article on Ireland, 1811 and other Irish topics. The Philosophical Magazine article also says he wrote about Geography.

Personal life

Hincks was the father of three distinguished sons: the Orientalist, Edward Hincks William Hincks, Professor of Natural History, and Sir Francis Hincks, Canadian politician and Governor of Barbados.

Additional sources