Rawlinson, George

Rawlinson, George an English divine, noted also as a scientist, was born in 1828, and was educated at King's College and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. In 1854 he was made curate of St. Mary's, Vincent Square, London. In 1856 he was appointed professor of applied sciences at Elphinstone College, Bombay, mwhere he remained until his death in September following. He published in 1857, at Bombay, a work on dynamics. His Elementary Statics, edited by Edw. Sturgis, was published at Cambridge and London (1861, 8vo). See Allibone, Dict. of Brit. and Amer. Authors, s.v.