George Maclear

George Frederick Maclear (3 February 1833 in Bedford - 19 October 1902 at St Augustine's College, Canterbury) was an English clergyman, theological writer and headmaster at King's College School, London (later Wimbledon). He was the eldest son of the Rev. George Maclear, MA, chaplain of Bedford county prison (1832–69), by his wife Isabella Ingle. Educated at Bedford School, he obtained a scholarship at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1852, receiving a BA degree in 1855, followed by a distinguished academic career. He was the nephew of Thomas Maclear, Her Majesty's Astronomer at Cape Town, and cousin to John Maclear, admiral in the Royal Navy, and Basil Maclear.

Career Maclear won the Carus Greek Testament prize in 1854 and 1855, and after graduating BA with a second class in the classical tripos of 1855, he was placed in the first class in the theological tripos of 1856 (its first year). (1883; 4th edit. 1898).

Meanwhile, Maclear was an assistant master at King's College School, London (1860–1866), and headmaster (1867–1880). He doubled the numbers and greatly raised the standing of the school. The Christian Statesman and Our Indian Empire, Maitland Prize Essay of 1858 (Macmillan & Co, 1859) An Elementary Introduction to the Book of Common Prayer, with Rev. Francis Proctor M.A., Vicar of Witton, Norfolk (Macmillan & Co, 1862) A History of Christian Missions During the Middle Ages (1863), republished as Apostles of Mediæval Europe (Macmillan & Co, 1869), then Missions and Apostles of Mediaeval Europe (The Macmillan Company, 1897) The Witness of the Eucharist or The Institution and Early Celebration of the Lord's Supper, Norisian Prize Essay of 1863 (Macmillan & Co, 1864) A Class-Book of Old Testament History (Macmillan & Co, 1865) A Shilling Book of Old Testament History for National and Elementary Schools: With a Map of the Holy Land (Macmillan & Co, 1866) A Shilling Book of New Testament History for National and Elementary Schools: With a Map to Illustrate the Apostolic History (Macmillan & Co, 1867) A Class-book of the Catechism of the Church of England (Macmillan & Co, 1868) A Manual of Instruction for Confirmation and First Communion, with Prayers and Devotions (1874) The Order of Confirmation: With Prayers and Devotions (Macmillan & Co, 1874) The Gradual Conversion of Europe: A Paper Read at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, April 28, 1875 (Clay, 1875) The Hour of Sorrow, or the Office for the Burial of the Dead: With Prayers and Hymns (Macmillan & Co, 1875) Conversion of the West: the Northmen (Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1878) Conversion of the West: the Slavs (Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1879) The Book of Joshua: with Notes, Maps, and Introduction (Cambridge U. P, 1880) The Evidential Value of the Holy Eucharist: Being the Boyle Lectures for 1879, 1880, Delivered in the Chapel Royal, Whitehall (Macmillan & Co, 1883) S. Augustine's Canterbury: Its Rise, Ruin, and Restoration (1888) The Gospel According to St Mark: with Maps, Notes and Introduction (Cambridge U. P, 1889), reproduced (without the maps) by Bible Hub Online Parallel Bible. An Introduction to the Creeds (Macmillan & Co, 1889) Conversion of the West: the Celts (Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1893) First Communion With Prayers and Devotions for The Newly Confirmed (Macmillan & Co, 1894) An Introduction to the Articles of the Church of England (Macmillan & Co, 1895) The Baptismal Office and the Order of Confirmation with Francis Procter (Macmillan & Co, 1902) Lectures on Pastoral Theology (Cross & Jackman, 1904)