George C. Lorimer

George Claude Lorimer (June 4, 1838 – September 8, 1904) was a noted reverend, and was pastor of several churches around the United States, most notably the Tremont Temple in Boston, Massachusetts.

Biography Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Lorimer came to the United States in 1856 in the hopes of becoming an actor. Coming eventually to Louisville, Kentucky, he came under the influence of Reverend W.W. Everts, who turned Lorimer to Christianity. Noted educator Sophia B. Packard served for some time as his assistant.

Early in February 1879 the financially distressed First Baptist Church of Chicago extended a call to Lorimer to go there from the Tremont Temple, and on May 4, 1879, he preached his first sermon as pastor of the Chicago congregation. Lorimer's pastorate was "successful in the highest degree", and by January 1881, the church raised sufficient means to pay a substantial portion of its debt. In addition to his preaching duties, Lorimer was the author of "many widely-read books on religious and social topics".

Lorimer was married to Belle Burford, with whom he had three daughters and a son, publisher George Horace Lorimer.