|
Andrew O'Shaughnessy
Andrew O'Shaughnessy may refer to: * Andrew O'Shaughnessy (politician) (1866–1956), Irish politician and businessman, independent TD for Cork Borough 1923–1927 * Andrew O'Shaughnessy (historian) (born 1959), British historian * Andrew O'Shaughnessy (hurler) (born 1984), Irish hurler for Kilmallock Limerick {{hndis, Oshaughnessy, Andrew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew O'Shaughnessy (historian)
Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy FRHS (born 1959) is an academic historian, Vice President of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello in Virginia, the Saunders Director of the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello, and Professor of History at the University of Virginia. Biography Born in Cheshire in 1959, Andrew O'Shaughnessy was educated at Bedford School and at Oriel College, University of Oxford. After completing his B.A. and D.Phil at Oriel College, Oxford, he taught at Eton College. He was subsequently appointed as a visiting professor at Southern Methodist University in Dallas and as Professor of American History at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, where he was chair of the History Department between 1998 and 2003. O'Shaughnessy is the author of ''An Empire Divided: The American Revolution and the British Caribbean'' (2000). and ''The Men Who Lost America: British Leadership, the American Revolution and the Fate of the E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew O'Shaughnessy (politician)
Andrew O'Shaughnessy (28 July 1866 – 1956) was an Irish politician and industrialist. Business O'Shaughnessy started his career with the opening of a creamery in Newmarket in 1895. He then added other creameries in County Cork and County Tipperary to build the Newmarket Dairy Company which eventually had twenty four branches. In 1903 he purchased Dripsey Woollen Mills from Charles Olden. In the following years he added Kilkenny Woolen mills, Sallybrook Woollen Mills, Bridgetown Flour mills and Dock Milling Company, Dublin to his ownership, thus establishing himself as one of the leading woollen manufacturers in Ireland. His publishing interests included a stake in Standard Press Ltd and Juverna Press Ltd, Dublin. During this time he also built about 70 cottages for the mill workers in what is now known as the Model Village in Dripsey. Newspaper reports from the time comment on the quality of Dripsey tweed and drapery of which 90 per cent was for export to Paris, London, A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
