Henry Malden (1800–1876) was a prominent British academic.
Life
He was the son of Jonas Malden, a
Putney
Putney () is a district of southwest London, England, in the London Borough of Wandsworth, southwest of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.
History
Putney is an ancient paris ...
surgeon. Malden attended Preston's School and was a scholar at
Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by Henry VIII, King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any college at either Cambridge ...
, where he obtained a B.A. in 1822 and an M.A. in 1825. He was the friend and associate of
Thomas Babington Macaulay
Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, (; 25 October 1800 – 28 December 1859) was a British historian and Whig politician, who served as the Secretary at War between 1839 and 1841, and as the Paymaster-General between 1846 and 184 ...
and
John Moultrie.
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Malden was Professor of Greek at ]University College London
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from 1831 until 1876.
In 1833 he agreed to become joint headmaster (with the Professor of Latin) of University College School
("Slowly but surely")
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, a post he held until 1846.[Henry Malden biography]
accessed July 2007
On 7 July 1843 at the Church of St. Mary & St. Nicholas, Leatherhead, in Surrey he married Georgiana Augusta Drinkwater Bethune (1810–1888), daughter of Colonel John Drinkwater Bethune
Colonel John Drinkwater Bethune (1762–1844), born John Drinkwater, was an English army officer, administrator and military historian, known for his account of the Great Siege of Gibraltar that came out in 1785.
Origins
Born at Latchford on 9 ...
and his wife Eleanor.["England Marriages, 1538–1973", database, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NVZX-W9S: Henry Malden and Georgiana Augusta Drinkwater Bethune, 07 Jul 1843; citing Leatherhead, Surrey, England, reference ; FHL microfilm 307,818 retrieved 12 October 2015] They had three children, including the historian H. E. Malden.
Works
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References
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1800 births
1876 deaths
Academics of University College London
Headmasters of University College School
Writers from Preston, Lancashire
Schoolteachers from Preston, Lancashire
19th-century English historians
Committee members of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge