Social Victorians/People/Todhunter

Also Known As

• Family name: Todhunter
• Golden Dawn motto: Aktis Heliou (A.H.) — "A ray of the sun" (Alastor)

Demographics

• Nationality: Irish

Residences

• Bedford Park, Chiswick, 1881–1916

Family

• John Todhunter (30 December 1839 – 25 October 1916)
• Dora L. Digby ()

Acquaintances, Friends and Enemies

Acquaintances

• Annie Horniman

Friends

• Florence Farr
• George Bernard Shaw
• William Butler Yeats

Organizations

• Trinity College (Dublin) Medical School (Bachelor of Medicine, 1867; Doctor of Medicine, 1871)
• Alexandra College, Dublin (professor of English), 1870–1874
• Irish Literary Society
• The Savile Club

Timeline

1879, John Todhunter and Dora L. Digby married.

1881, the Todhunters moved to London.

1892 February, Todhunter joined the Golden Dawn, the Isis-Urania Temple (Küntz 215).

1893 April 22, Todhunter joined the Inner Order of the Golden Dawn (Küntz 215).

1894 March–April, the season at the Avenue Theatre: Yeats's The Land of Heart's Desire, Shaw's Arms and the Man, and Todhunter's The Comedy of Sighs; Farr produced the plays, and Horniman funded them.

Bibliography

• Alastor
• "John Todhunter." Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Todhunter (accessed July 2020).
• Küntz