George Heath D.D. (baptised 3 December 1745 – 23 February 1822) was a Canon of Windsor from 1800 to 1822 and Head Master of Eton College from 1792 to 1802.

Career

He was born the younger son of the scholar

Benjamin Heath Benjamin Heath, D.C.L. (10 April 170413 September 1766) was an English classical scholar and bibliophile. Life He was born at Exeter, the eldest of three sons of Benjamin Heath, a wealthy merchant, and Elizabeth Kelland. He devoted himself mainl ...

(1704–1766) and was educated at

King's College, Cambridge King's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Formally The King's College of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge, the college lies beside the River Cam and faces out onto King's Parade in the centre of the cit ...

. His elder brother Benjamin was Headmaster of Harrow School. He was appointed: * Head Master of Eton College, 1792–1802 *Rector of Monks Risborough *Vicar of Sturminster Marshall, Dorset *Vicar of Piddletown *Vicar of East Beachworth, 1805–1814 *

Fellow of the Royal Society Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS, ForMemRS and HonFRS) is an award granted by the judges of the Royal Society of London to individuals who have made a "substantial contribution to the improvement of natural knowledge, including mathemat ...

, 1795–1822 He was appointed to the fourth stall in

St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle in England is a castle chapel built in the late-medieval Perpendicular Gothic style. It is both a Royal Peculiar (a church under the direct jurisdiction of the monarch) and the Chapel of the Order of the Gart ...

in 1800, and held the stall until 1822.

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1745 births 1822 deaths Alumni of King's College, Cambridge Canons of Windsor Head Masters of Eton College Fellows of the Royal Society {{ChurchofEngland-clergy-stub