Social Victorians/People/Todhunter

Also Known As edit

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

Demographics edit

  • Nationality: Irish

Residences edit

  • Bedford Park, Chiswick, 1881–1916

Family edit

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

Relations edit

Acquaintances, Friends and Enemies edit

Acquaintances edit

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Organizations edit

  • 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 edit

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.

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