DUNBAR, GEORGE English classical scholar and lexicographer, was born at Coldingham, in Berwickshire. When about 3o years of age, he settled in Edinburgh, where he became tutor in the family of Lord Provost Fettes. In 1807 he succeeded Andrew Dalzel as professor of Greek in the uni versity, and held the post till his death. His Greek-English and English-Greek lexicon (184o), on the compilation of which he spent eight years, was the best work of its kind that had appeared in England.
The little that is known of Dunbar's life will be found in the Caledonian Mercury (Dec. 8, 1851) .