RAWLINSON, ri'lln-sen, George, Eng lish Orientalist: b. Chadlington, Oxfordshire, 23 Nov. 1815; d. London, 6 Oct. 1902. Educated at Oxford, he took orders and was made a Fellow and Tutor of Exeter College in 1840. In 1845 he became sub-rector, delivered the Hampton lectures in 1859, and in 1861 was made Camden professor of ancient history. He received from Mr. Gladstone a canonry of Canterbury Cathe dral in 1872, and in 1888 accepted the living of All Hallows, Lombard Street, London. An indistinct utterance interfered with his public speaking and his pulpit was mainly filled by proxy. His learning was large and various and his services to biblical scholarship of the high est importance. With his brother, Sir Henry Rawlinson (q.v.), and Sir George Wilkinson he published an annotated edition of Herodotus (1850-60). Among his other works are