HYDE, DOUGLAS (Dubhglas de h-Ide, known in Eire as "An Craoibhin Aoibhinn") (186o– ), President of Eire since 1938, Irish scholar and writer, was born at Frenchpark, Co. Ros common, 186o, and was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. In 1891 he acted as interim professor of modern languages at the University of New Brunswick, Canada. He formed in 1893 the Gaelic League, for the preservation and extension of the Irish language, and was president of that body until 1915. In 1899 his production, before a vice-regal committee on education, of letters from leading Celtic scholars throughout Europe saved the Irish language on the intermediate board which regulated the curricula for Irish schools. During 1905 he toured America and raised Li I,000 for the Gaelic League. On his return he was appointed a member of a royal commission on Irish university education. Dr. Hyde was professor of Modern Irish at University College, Dub lin, 1909-32. He became a senator in the Irish Free State in 1925, and editor of Lia Fdil. The movement created by him resulted in the compulsory teaching of the language in Irish schools. In 1938 Dr. Hyde was elected president (Uachtaran) of Eire.