Born at Dysert Castle near Thomastown, County Kilkenny, into an Anglo-Irish Protestant family amid post-Restoration tensions. Early life in Ireland exposed him to ecclesiastical politics and the aftermath of Williamite conflicts shaping local society.

Studied at Kilkenny College, a leading school for the Anglo-Irish elite that emphasized Latin, logic, and classical rhetoric. The curriculum cultivated the argumentative style and theological interests that later marked his philosophy and sermons.

Matriculated at Trinity College Dublin, where scholastic logic met the new science of Descartes, Locke, and Newton. He began privately questioning how perception, language, and mathematics grounded claims about an external material world.

Completed the BA at Trinity College Dublin and started keeping notebooks that later revealed the birth of immaterialism. In these entries he tested arguments against abstract ideas, aiming to reconcile empiricism with a robust Christian theism.

Won election as a Fellow at Trinity College Dublin, a prestigious role involving teaching, mentoring, and scholarly disputation. The position gave him institutional support and time to refine his developing views on perception and existence.

Released 'An Essay towards a New Theory of Vision,' arguing that distance and size are learned from sensory associations rather than seen directly. The book blended optics, psychology, and philosophy, attracting attention in Irish and English intellectual circles.

Published the 'Principles,' presenting his case that perceived ideas, not material substances, constitute ordinary objects. He contended that God sustains the regularity of experience, challenging both skepticism and mechanistic materialism in Locke’s wake.

Issued the 'Three Dialogues,' a lively defense of immaterialism designed for a broader audience than the 'Principles.' In London’s print culture, he framed debates about common sense, skepticism, and the role of God in guaranteeing coherent experience.

Began extended continental travels, working as a tutor and moving through cultural centers during the War of the Spanish Succession’s aftermath. Exposure to European politics and learning strengthened his conviction that philosophy should serve moral and religious reform.

Became Dean of Derry, a significant Irish ecclesiastical office that increased his income and public responsibilities. The post anchored him in church administration while he continued writing on metaphysics, education, and the social uses of philosophy.

Published 'The Analyst,' famously criticizing the logical basis of contemporary calculus and its 'fluxions' associated with Newtonian mathematics. Addressed to an 'infidel mathematician,' it pressed scientists to justify their abstractions as rigorously as theologians.

Married Anne Forster and pursued an ambitious project to found a college in Bermuda for educating clergy and Indigenous students in the Atlantic world. He lobbied British authorities for funding, tying the plan to imperial policy and missionary reform.

Sailed with Anne Berkeley to North America, expecting parliamentary funds to establish the Bermuda college. He settled near Newport and became a prominent local figure, corresponding with British patrons while studying colonial society and its religious institutions.

After years of delays, the promised government grant failed to arrive, forcing him to abandon the Bermuda scheme. The disappointment sharpened his critiques of political priorities, and he returned across the Atlantic with renewed focus on writing and church duties.

Consecrated as Anglican Bishop of Cloyne, taking responsibility for a rural diocese in southern Ireland. He combined pastoral work with intellectual life, addressing poverty, public morality, and the defense of religion amid Enlightenment controversy.

Published 'Siris,' a wide-ranging work that begins with tar-water as a remedy and rises to Platonic metaphysics and theological reflections. It became unexpectedly popular, showing how he connected practical concerns with a grand spiritual view of nature.

Resigned the bishopric and moved to Oxford, seeking quieter study and proximity to his son’s academic life. The city’s scholarly environment offered a fitting setting for his final months, surrounded by libraries and the Anglican intellectual establishment.

Died in Oxford and was buried locally, leaving a body of work that reshaped debates about perception, mind, and reality. Later philosophers, from Hume to twentieth-century idealists, engaged his arguments about immaterialism and the role of God in experience.