George Thomas Stokes

George Thomas Stokes (1843–1898) was an Irish clergyman and church historian. Educated at Trinity College, Dublin, he served as a curate and vicar and became professor of ecclesiastical history at Trinity in 1883. He wrote on the history of the Church of Ireland, notably Ireland and the Celtic Church and Ireland and the Anglo-Norman Church, and contributed two volumes on the Acts of the Apostles to The Expositor's Bible. He was known for his learning and his lively lecturing.