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5 Feb: #WilliamDrennan, physician, patriot and poet, died in Belfast, in 1820.
He was the first to call Ireland "the Emerald Isle" (in the poem "Erin"), the first president of the #UnitedIrishmen, the founder of the Belfast Academical Institution (‘Inst.’) in 1810.
#dib bio: https://www.dib.ie/biography/drennan-william-a2765
His aims in 1791 "A benevolent conspiracy—A Plot for the People [...] the right of Man and the greatest happiness of the greatest numbers its End."
https://www.irishphilosophy.com/2015/02/05/benevolent-conspiracy/