Richard Randall Hartford (21 September 1904 – 7 August 1962) was Regius Professor of Divinity at Trinity College Dublin from 1957 until his death.
Hartford was educated at Kilkenny College; and Trinity College Dublin. He was Scholar of the House in 1926; won the Downes Prize for Written Composition in 1927; and the Large Gold Medal in 1928. He was ordained in 1928.Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929/30 p 570: London, OUP, 1929 He was a curate at SS Philip and James, Booterstown from 1928 to 1931; and a Minor Canon of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin from 1930 to 1935. He became a Lecturer at TCD in 1931. and was Archbishop King Professor of Divinity in Dublin University from 1936 to 1957. He was a canon of St Patricks (Prebendary of Maynooth) from 1945 to 1957, and chancellor from 1957. https://doi.org/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U53102
His father in law was Archbishop Arthur Barton.Moody, Theodore William, A New History of Ireland p. 406: Cork, RTÉ, 1984
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