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Preston, George (1840-1913), classicist, Anglican cleric and Fellow of Magdalene College
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- The Revd George Preston
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17 March 1840 - 11 May 1913
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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, Norfolk, 1888-1913.
Classical lecturer at Magdalene, 1899-1900, between the death of W. A. Gill and the election of Vernon Jones.
Author of Greek and Latin poems and translations. His chief recreation was trout-fishing.
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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