Whitley Stokes

Irish Celticist (1830-1909).

Quick Facts

Died: 1909-04-13
Occupation: jurist · philologist · lawyer · linguist · translator · barrister · celticist
Citizenship: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Birthplace: Dublin
Affiliation: British Academy
Membership: Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres · since 1891

Whitley Stokes is the child of William Stokes.

Date / result	Award / category
1862 Received	Cunningham Medal
— Received	Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire
— Received	Fellow of the British Academy

Whitley Stokes’s education and training.

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