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A CAMPAIGN by students at Trinity College Dublin to remove George Berkeley’s name from one of the university’s libraries because of the 18th-century philosopher’s colonial past has garnered over 300 signatures. Bishop George Berkeley, born in Co. Kilkenny, was raised in Dysart Castle overlooking the River Nore. His father was English, the family was Protestant,
George Berkeley was born to an English noble family at Dysart Castle, near Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny on March 12, 1685. He attended Trinity College Dublin. He was recognized for his contributions to philosophy and theology, as well as his studies on physics, mathematics, relativity and optics. He is the father of the concept of immaterialism,