Henry Malden (1800–1876) was a prominent British academic.

Life

He was the son of Jonas Malden, a

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surgeon. Malden attended Preston's School and was a scholar at

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, 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 1 ...

and John Moultrie. Malden was Professor of Greek at

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from 1831 until 1876. In 1833 he agreed to become joint headmaster (with the Professor of Latin) of

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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

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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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Malden, Henry 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