William Drennan

Drennan, William (1754–1820), physician, patriot, and minor poet, was born 23 May 1754 at his father's manse in Rosemary St., Belfast, third surviving child and

Service Number: 6495. Enlisted: 15 May 1916, Sydney, New South Wales. Last Rank: Private. Last Unit: 1st Infantry Battalion.

William Drennan (23 May 1754 – 5 February 1820) was an Irish physician and writer who moved the formation in Belfast and Dublin of the Society of United

He studied arts in Glasgow (1772) and completed his medical studies in Edinburgh (1778). Dr Drennan was heavily influenced by enlightenment

A man of political agitation and organisation, a letter and pamphlet writer who could coin a phrase and a man of medical innovation.

Born 1754 — Died 1820. Dr. Drennan, poet and political writer, was born in Belfast in 1754. His father, who was a Presbyterian clergyman, sent William to

His name was William Drennan and he died 200 years ago on February 5th. He was born in May 1754 in Rosemary Street in Belfast where his father,

William Drennan was an Irish physician, poet, and political radical. He is best remembered today for the patriotic song "The Wake of William Orr."

HO 17/112/34 Prisoner name: William Drennan. Prisoner occupation: Sawyer. Court and date of trial: Lancaster [Lancashire] Summer Assizes August 1821. Crime:

Drennan was called by liberal divine Henry Montgomery a 'philosopher, statesman, orator, poet - all that gives dignity to the name, a MAN!'