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Henry O'Brien (classicist)
Henry O'Brien (1808–1835) was an Irish classicist and author best known for his hypothesis concerning Irish round towers.
==Life==
Henry O'Brien was the son of an aristocratic family from the west of Ireland. At an early age he studied Latin and Greek and took an interest in ancient Greek literature. Later he obtained a degree in classics at Dublin University.〔John O'Hart’s ''Irish Pedigrees'', 1876, p. 168;''The round towers of Ireland, or, The history of the Tuath-De-Danaans'', London : W. Thacker & Co. ; Calcutta : Thacker, Spink & Co., 1898 edition, "Introduction", p.vii-xi; ''Phœnician Ireland'', Joaquín Lorenzo Villanueva, Longman & co., 1833.〕 In 1833 O'Brien published an essay in the ''Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy'' entitled "On the Origin and Use of the Round Towers of Ireland" which won a second place reward of £20.〔(LibraryIreland article on Henry O'Brien )〕〔"A Concise Dictionary of Irish Biography", John Crone (Dublin: Talbot 1928).〕 Henry O'Brien thought however that he should have won first place and in a lengthy preface to his published essay in book form entitled ''The Round Towers of Ireland, or the Mysteries of Freemasonry, of Sabaism, and of Buddhism'' (1834) attacked archaeologist George Petrie who won the £50 first place reward.〔''The Dublin Penny Journal'', Philip Dixon Hardy, 1835, p. 410.〕
O'Brien later translated ''Phœnician Ireland'', by Joaquín Lorenzo Villanueva in English but soon after died, at only 27 years of age by "bad health, aggravated by his studious habits", he was later buried in Hanwell, Oxfordshire.〔''Irish Graves in England'', Michael M’Donagh ("Evening Telegraph Reprints", 1888).〕
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