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George Warington

1840–74

Chemist and author. Son of the analytical chemist Robert Warington (1807–67; ODNB) and younger brother of the agricultural chemist Robert Warington (1838–1907; ODNB). BA, Cambridge, 1872. Master at Charterhouse school for a short time. Wrote mostly on religious topics.

Sources

Alum. Cantab.

Modern English biography.

Bibliography

Alum. Cantab.: Alumni Cantabrigienses. A biographical list of all known students, graduates and holders of office at the University of Cambridge, from the earliest times to 1900. Compiled by John Venn and J. A. Venn. 10 vols. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1922–54.

Modern English biography: Modern English biography, containing many thousand concise memoirs of persons who have died since the year 1850. By Frederick Boase. 3 vols. and supplement (3 vols.). Truro, Cornwall: the author. 1892–1921.

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