- George Rawlinson
Canon George Rawlinson (
23 November ,1812 –7 October ,1902 ) was a 19th century Englishscholar andhistorian . He was born atChadlington ,Oxfordshire , and was the younger brother of Sir Henry Rawlinson.Having taken his degree at the
University of Oxford (from Trinity College) in 1838, he was elected to a fellowship atExeter College, Oxford , in 1840, of which from 1842 to 1846 he was fellow and tutor. He was ordained in 1841, wasBampton lecturer in 1859, and wasCamden Professor of Ancient History from 1861 to 1889.In 1872 he was appointed canon of
Canterbury , and after 1888 he was rector of All Hallows, Lombard Street. In 1873, he was appointed proctor in Convocation for the Chapter of Canterbury. He married Louisa, daughter of Sir RA Chermside, in 1846.His chief publications are his
translation of the "History" ofHerodotus (in collaboration with Sir Henry Rawlinson and SirJohn Gardiner Wilkinson ), 1858-60; "The Five Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World", 1862-67; "The Sixth Great Oriental Monarchy" (Parthia n), 1873; "The Seventh Great Oriental Monarchy" (Sassanian), 1875; "Manual of Ancient History", 1869; "Historical Illustrations of the Old Testament", 1871; "The Origin of Nations", 1877; "History of Ancient Egypt", 1881; "Egypt and Babylon", 1885; "History of Phoenicia", 1889; "Parthia", 1893; "Memoir of Major-General Sir HC Rawlinson", 1898. He was a contributor to the Speaker's Commentary, the Pulpit Commentary, Smith's "Dictionary of the Bible", and various similar publications; and he was the author of the article "Herodotus" in the 9th edition of theEncyclopædia Britannica .External links
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*" [http://classics.mit.edu/Herodotus/history.html The History of Herodotus] ", translated by George Rawlinson.
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