Events for December 02

December 2, 1791

Henry Flood, promoted the movement for legislative independence in Ireland, died

Henry Flood (1732 – 2 December 1791) was an Irish statesman and Lord Chief Justice of the King’s Bench for Ireland. He was educated at Trinity College Dublin, and afterwards at Christ Church, Oxford, where he became proficient in the classics. He was a leading Irish politician, and a friend of Henry Grattan, the leader of the Irish Patriot Party.

December 2, 1935

Llewelyn Powys, Welsh writer, died

Llewelyn Powys (13 August 1884 – 2 December 1939) was a British essayist, novelist and younger brother of John Cowper Powys and T. F. Powys.

December 2, 1805

William Thompson, naturalist, is born in Belfast

William Thompson (2 December 1805 – 17 February 1852) was an Irish naturalist celebrated for his founding studies of the natural history of Ireland, especially in ornithology and marine biology. Thompson published numerous notes on the distribution, breeding, eggs, habitat, song, plumage, behaviour, nesting and food of birds. These formed the basis of his four-volume The Natural History of Ireland, and were much used by contemporary and later authors such as Francis Orpen Morris.

December 2, 1877

Cahir Healy, born in Mountcharles, Co. Donegal

Cahir Healy, (2 December 1877 – 8 February 1970) an Irish politician, was born in Mountcharles, County Donegal, Ireland, on August 30, 1917.