George C. Bompas

George Cox Bompas (18 April 1827 – 23 May 1905) was a British solicitor and astronomer.

Bompas was born in Bloomsbury. He was the second son of Serjeant Charles Carpenter Bompas. His brother was William Bompas.

Bompas was admitted as a solicitor in 1850 and continued to practice until 1903.

He married May Anne Scott Buckland, daughter of Rev. William Buckland, in 1860. They had four children. He was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, the Geological Society and the Paleontological Society. This was controversial because such a position usually invited disapproval from the Victoria Institute's membership who favoured creationism. However, Bompas was a solicitor from a well-regarded Baptist family so his paper received an unusually mild reaction.

Selected publications

Life of Frank Buckland: By his Brother-in-Law (1888) The Problem of the Shakespeare Plays (1902)