Person    | Male  Born 18/4/1798  Died 25/6/1866

George Lillie Craik

Categories: Education, History, Literature

Countries: Ireland, Scotland

George Lillie Craik

Born Kennoway, Fife. Literary scholar and writer. Created professor of English literature and history at Queen’s College, Belfast in 1849. Buried at Holywood, near Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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George Lillie Craik

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