Editing George Rawlinson (section)

==Life==
Rawlinson was born at [[Chadlington]], Oxfordshire,<ref>{{cite magazine |title=RAWLINSON, Rev. Canon George|magazine= Who's Who|volume=53|year=1901|page=931|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8EcuAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA931}}</ref> the son of Abram Tysack Rawlinson and the younger brother of the famous [[Assyriologist]], [[Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet|Sir Henry Rawlinson]]. His father was a breeder of racehorses, and bred the winner of the 1841 Derby.<ref>{{Cite news |date=11 October 1902 |title=Death of Canon Rawlinson |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000338/19021011/058/0008 |access-date=26 June 2024 |work=Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald}}</ref> Rawlinson was educated at Ealing School. Having taken a First in [[Literae Humaniores]] at the [[University of Oxford]] (from [[Trinity College, Oxford|Trinity College]]) in 1838,<ref>'Oxford University Calendar 1895', Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1895. p.121.</ref> he was elected to a fellowship at [[Exeter College, Oxford|Exeter College]], in 1840, where he was a Fellow and tutor from 1842 to 1846. He was ordained in 1841, was curate at [[Merton, Oxfordshire]], from 1846 to 1847, was [[Bampton Lectures|Bampton Lecturer]] in 1859, and was [[Camden Professor of Ancient History]] from 1861 to 1889.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}

In his early days at Oxford, Rawlinson played [[cricket]] for the [[Oxford University Cricket Club|University]], appearing in five matches between 1836 and 1839 which have since been considered to have been [[first-class cricket|first-class]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/37/37561/37561.html| title = George Rawlinson | publisher = www.cricketarchive.com | access-date = 12 April 2013}}</ref>

He was elected as a member of the [[American Philosophical Society]] in 1869.<ref>{{Cite web|title=APS Member History|url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?year=1869;year-max=1869;smode=advanced;startDoc=21|access-date=2021-04-26|website=search.amphilsoc.org}}</ref>

In 1872, he was appointed [[canon (priest)|canon]] of [[Canterbury]], and after 1888 he was [[Rector (ecclesiastical)|rector]] of the rich City of London benefice [[All Hallows Lombard Street|All Hallows]], [[Lombard Street, London|Lombard Street]]. In 1873, he was appointed [[proctor]] in Convocation for the Chapter of Canterbury.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}

He married in 1846 Louisa Chermside, daughter of Sir [[Robert Alexander Chermside]]. The couple had 13 children.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Family Tree |url=https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/KHPJ-8KY |access-date=26 June 2024 |website=Familysearch.org}}</ref> They celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1896.

Canon Rawlinson died at his residence in Cathedral precincts, [[Canterbury]], on 6 October 1902.<ref name=TTobit>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Obituary - Canon Rawlinson |date=7 October 1902 |page=4 |issue=36892}}</ref>