James Drought (1738 – 1820) was an Irish academic.
[1] Drought was born in County Offaly (then called King's County) and educated at Trinity College Dublin.
[2] He became a Fellow of Trinity College in 1762, a lecturer in 1778 and Regius Professor of Divinity there in 1790.
[citation needed] He was a member of the Drought family prominent in County Offaly.
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