William Clement (1707 – 15 January 1782) was an Irish academic who spent his whole career at

Trinity College Dublin , name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin , motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin) , motto_lang = la , motto_English = It will last i ...

(TCD), teaching botany, natural philosophy, mathematics and medicine there. He was the third

Erasmus Smith's Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy Erasmus Smith's Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy at Trinity College Dublin is a chair in physics founded in 1724 and funded by the Erasmus Smith Trust, which was established by Erasmus Smith, a wealthy London merchant, who live ...

at TCD (1745-1759).

Life and career

William Clement was born in

Carrickmacross Carrickmacross () is a town in County Monaghan, Ireland. The town and environs had a population of 5,032 according to the 2016 census, making it the second-largest town in the county. Carrickmacross is a market town which developed around a ca ...

County Monaghan County Monaghan ( ; ga, Contae Mhuineacháin) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Ulster and is part of Border strategic planning area of the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the town of Monaghan. Monaghan County Cou ...

, son of merchant Thomas Clement. He matriculated at TCD on 28 April 1722 at the age of 14. He was a Scholar in 1724 and received BA (1726), MA (1731). He was elected a Fellow in 1733, and later took medical degrees MB (1747), MD (1748). He was appointed Lecturer in Botany (1733), Erasmus Smith's Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy (1745–1759),

Donegall Lecturer in Mathematics The Donegall Lecturership at Trinity College Dublin, is one of two endowed mathematics positions at Trinity College Dublin (TCD), the other being the Erasmus Smith's Chair of Mathematics. The Donegall (sometimes spelt Donegal) Lectureship was e ...

(1750–1759), and Regius Professor of Physic (1761–1781). He also served as Vice-Provost. Clement was MP for

Dublin University The University of Dublin ( ga, Ollscoil Átha Cliath), corporately designated the Chancellor, Doctors and Masters of the University of Dublin, is a university located in Dublin, Ireland. It is the degree-awarding body for Trinity College Dubl ...

from 1761 to 1768; and then for Dublin City until 1776.Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800, Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 Feb 2002),

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* Burtchaell, G. D., and Sadleir, T. U. (eds), Alumni Dublinensis: A Register of the Students, Graduates, Professors and Provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin, 1593–1860 (Dublin, 1935), p. 156 {{DEFAULTSORT:Clement, William Academics of Trinity College Dublin Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Fellows of Trinity College Dublin Scholars of Trinity College Dublin Donegall Lecturers of Mathematics at Trinity College Dublin 18th-century Irish botanists 18th-century Irish mathematicians People from Carrickmacross 1707 births 1782 deaths Irish MPs 1761–1768 Irish MPs 1769–1776 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Dublin constituencies Scientists from County Monaghan Scholars and academics from County Monaghan