George Cossar Pringle
George Cossar Pringle | |
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| Born | 1858 |
| Died | c.1930 (aged 71–72) |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Occupation(s) | teacher and author |
| Known for | Rector of Peebles Burgh and County High School |
| Notable work | Pringle History Map series |
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George Cossar Pringle FRSE (1858–c.1930) was a Scottish school-teacher and author. He is mainly remembered for the Pringle History Map series.[1]
Life
[edit]He was born in 1858 the son of George Pringle (1820–1881) and his wife, Elizaabeth Cossar (1827–1881).[2]
He was Rector of Peebles Burgh and County High School for most of his later life. In 1908 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were John Alison, John Brown Clark, David Fowler Lowe and George Chrystal. He resigned from the Society in 1920.[3]
In the First World War he served on the Teachers War Service Committee.[4]
Publications
[edit]- Peebles and Selkirk[5]
- Notes of Lessons on Thrift (1916)
References
[edit]- ^ "The Pringle history map series. Stuart period". 1904.
- ^ "George Cossar Pringle 1930-1950 - Ancestry®".
- ^ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
- ^ Spectator (newspaper) 4 March 1916
- ^ Peebles and Selkirk. Cambridge County Geographies.
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