# Richard Stack

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This article is about the author. For the executive, see [Dick's Sporting Goods](/source/Dick's_Sporting_Goods).

**Richard Stack** (died 1812) was an Irish author.

Stack entered [Trinity College, Dublin](/source/Trinity_College,_Dublin), as a [sizar](/source/Sizar) on 27 May 1766, and was elected a scholar in 1769. He graduated B.A. in 1770 and M.A. in 1779. In the same year he was elected a fellow of the college, and in 1783 he took the degree of B.D., receiving that of D.D. in 1786. He was appointed rector of [Omagh](/source/Omagh), and died in 1812. He was vice-president of the [Royal Irish Academy](/source/Royal_Irish_Academy), and wrote the first paper in the literary section of its 'Transactions', titled 'Essay on the sublimity of writing' in 1787.[1]

Stack was the author of:

- *An Introduction to the Study of Chemistry,* Dublin, 1802, 8vo.
- *Lectures on the Acts of the Apostles,* 2nd edit. London, 1805, 8vo, dedicated to [Beilby Porteus](/source/Beilby_Porteus), bishop of London.
- *Lectures on the Epistle to the Romans,* Dublin, 1806, 8vo, dedicated to Porteus.

Stack also made several contributions to the ‘Transactions’ of the Royal Irish Academy. [2]

## References

1. ["Stack, Richard | Dictionary of Irish Biography"](https://www.dib.ie/biography/stack-richard-a8234). *www.dib.ie*. Retrieved 2021-07-09.

1. Carlyle, Edward Irving. Vol. 53. *sources:* [Reuss's *Register of Authors*, 1770–90 p. 381, 1790–1803 ii. 348; *Dict. of Living Authors*, 1816; Allibone's *Dict. of Authors*; *Index to Transactions of the Royal Irish Acad.* 1813.]

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