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Name
  
George Craik

Siblings
  
Henry Craik

Children
  
Georgiana M. Craik

Role
  
Writer


Died
  
1866, Botanic Avenue, Belfast, United Kingdom

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Books
  
The pictorial history of, John Rutherford - the White, The English of Shakespeare, Outlines of the History of the En, The New Zealanders

Education
  
University of St Andrews

George Lillie Craik (1798–1866) was a Scottish writer and literary critic.

Born at Kennoway, Fife, he was educated at the University of St. Andrews, and went to London in 1824, where he wrote largely for the "Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge." In 1849 he was appointed Professor of English Literature and History at Belfast. Among his books are The New Zealanders (1830) [1], The Pursuit of Knowledge under Difficulties (1831), History of British Commerce (1844), and History of English Literature and the English Language (1861). He was also joint author of The Pictorial History of England, and wrote books on Edmund Spenser and Francis Bacon.

One of his younger brothers was the Hebraist and theologian Henry Craik. His second daughter was the novelist Georgiana M. Craik.

References

George Lillie Craik Wikipedia


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