Joseph Fogerty, CE,

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, was an Irish civil engineer, architect, and novelist active in mid-to-late-nineteenth-century

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, and

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. Born in Limerick, he studied under his father, engineer

John Fogerty John Cameron Fogerty (born May 28, 1945) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. Together with Doug Clifford, Stu Cook, and his brother Tom Fogerty Thomas Richard Fogerty (November 9, 1941 – September 6, 1990) was an American mu ...

in Limerick before entering the

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in 1856, later working in London for Sir John Fowler. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects on 9 February 1880 after being proposed by Henry Currey,

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and

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. Three of his novels, '' Lauterdale'', ''

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'' and '' Countess Irene'', were published. He died at his house, Enderby, in

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. He was the brother and uncle of architects William Fogerty and John Frederick Fogerty, respectively. He married Hannah Cochrane (d. 1910), of Limerick and they had a daughter,

Elsie Fogerty Anne Elizabeth "Elsie" Fogerty (16 December 1865 – 4 July 1945) was a British teacher who departed from the customary practice of “voice and diction” also called elocution. At that time “Voice and Diction” focused entirely on the mou ...

(born in Sydenham on 16 December 1865), who became a notable teacher of speech.Michael Sanderson, 'Fogerty, Elsie', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004-2009)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fogerty, Joseph 1831 births 1899 deaths Irish railway mechanical engineers Engineers from County Limerick Architects from Limerick (city) Alumni of University College London Fellows of the Royal Institute of British Architects Irish male novelists 19th-century British novelists 19th-century Irish architects 19th-century British male writers 19th-century Irish novelists 19th-century Irish engineers Writers from Limerick (city)