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About George Thackeray
George Thackeray, DD, FLS (1777–1850) was a classical scholar and bibliophile, who served as Provost of King's College Cambridge from 1814 until his death. He was born in Windsor and baptised in the parish church there on 23 November 1777. His parents were Frederick Thackeray, a physician, and Elizabeth, née Aldridge. Frederick Rennell Thackeray was one of his brothers, and the novelist William Makepeace Thackeray a cousin. He died at his house in Wimpole Street, London on 21 October 1850, having been ill for some years. He is buried in King's College Chapel.
Everything about George Thackeray →- Occupation
- academic, college head
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- 1777
- Died
- 1850