About George Cossar Pringle
Lived 1858 – 1927 (aged 68). George Cossar Pringle was a British teacher.
George Cossar Pringle FRSE (1858–c.1930) was a Scottish school-teacher and author. He is mainly remembered for the Pringle History Map series.
Life He was born in 1858 the son of George Pringle (1820–1881) and his wife, Elizabeth Cossar (1827–1881).
He was Rector of Peebles Burgh and County High School for most of his later life. In 1908 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were John Alison, John Brown Clark, David Fowler Lowe and George Chrystal. He resigned from the Society in 1920.
In the First World War he served on the Teachers War Service Committee.
Publications Peebles and Selkirk Notes of Lessons on Thrift (1916)
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Who was George Cossar Pringle?
Scottish teacher and author
When was George Cossar Pringle born?
George Cossar Pringle was born on 10 December 1858.
When did George Cossar Pringle die?
George Cossar Pringle died on 21 January 1927.
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George Cossar Pringle was a teacher.
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George Cossar Pringle was British.
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