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Mulgan, J. Mason (James Mason), 1855-1917
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Dates of existence
1855-1917
History
James Mason Mulgan was born on June 24, 1855, in Edenmore, Magheralin, Northern Ireland.
He was a barrister and educator. He graduated from the Worcester College of the Oxford University (B.A., 1879; M.A., 1884). He was called to the Bar of the Inner Temple in 1882. He was appointed the post of a Headmaster’s assistant, called Composition Master, in the City of London School (1883-1885). In 1885-1886, he became a lecturer in Classical Literature and History at McGill University. He returned to London where he was a schoolmaster and barrister.
In 1885, he married Beatrice Cavan (1862–1937). He died on April 19, 1917, in London, England.