A. A. (Arthur Aston) Luce

Born in Gloucester, England, in 1882, Arthur Aston Luce built an unusually long career at Trinity College Dublin, where he served as professor of philosophy and later as vice-provost. He was also an Anglican clergyman and held senior church roles, including precentor of St Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin.

Luce is best remembered as a major Berkeley scholar. His studies and editions helped keep interest in the Irish philosopher George Berkeley alive for modern readers, and his long fellowship at Trinity became notable in its own right.

He died in 1977 after a career that joined scholarship, teaching, and church service. The surviving sources consulted here agree on his importance at Trinity and on his reputation as an authority on Berkeley, even though detailed biographical information appears to be fairly limited online.