Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Preston, George (1840-1913), classicist, Anglican cleric and Fellow of Magdalene College
Parallel form(s) of name
- The Revd George Preston
Description area
Dates of existence
17 March 1840 - 11 May 1913
History
Matriculated from Magdalene in 1860. 1st class, Classical Tripos, 1864. Made a Fellow in 1865.
Schoolmaster/headmaster at several leading schools, including headmaster of King’s School, Chester, 1875-1888.
Rector of the College living of Great Fransham, ... »
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Sources
Venn, John and Venn, John Archibald, Alumni Cantabrigienses; a biographical list of all known students, graduates and holders of office at the University of Cambridge, from the earliest times to 1900