George Hadow (4 July 1712 – 11 September 1780) was professor of

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and oriental languages at St Mary's College,

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, Scotland from 1748 to 1780. He was the son of Principal James Hadow, also of St Andrews' University.Notice About George Hadow
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Life

At the age of 15 Hadow won the Silver arrow for archery at St Andrews. It is inscribed "Georguis Hadow Aetat XV" and "Nec opinato Victor 1727". The latter confirms he was the unexpected winner of the competition. Hadow was educated at the University of St Andrews, where he "came up" in 1727 and matriculated on the 26 March 1728. He received his Master of Arts on the 4 May 1731 and his M.D. on the 20 June 1740. He married Susanna Scott on the 30 December 1754. Susanna Scott was the great grand daughter of Sir Archibald Hope. He died at

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. A small portrait of George Hadow is in a private collection in England.

Notable descendants

*Major-General Frederick Edward Hadow, present at the

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Douglas Robert Hadow Douglas Robert Hadow (30 May 1846 – 14 July 1865) was a British novice mountaineer who died on the descent after the first ascent of the Matterhorn. Family Hadow was born in 1846 at 49 York Terrace, Regent's Park, London, the son of Patrick Do ...

, who died during the descent after the first ascent of the

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in 1865 * Gilbert Bethune Hadow, a British army doctor present throughout the siege of

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* Patrick Francis Hadow, English Wimbledon tennis champion and big game hunterThe All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
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William Henry Hadow Sir William Henry Hadow (27 December 1859 – 8 April 1937) was a leading educational reformer in Great Britain, a musicologist and a composer. Life Born at Ebrington in Gloucestershire and baptised there on 29 January 1860 by his father, ...

, musician at Oxford University *Lieutenant-Colonel

Arthur Lovell Hadow Arthur is a common male given name of Brythonic origin. Its popularity derives from it being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur. The etymology is disputed. It may derive from the Celtic ''Artos'' meaning “Bear”. Another theory, more wi ...

, who was commanding the

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on the day of its destruction on the first day of the

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Gerald Edgcumbe Hadow Gerald Edgcumbe Hadow (13 June 1911 – 27 February 1978 Cambridge) was a British Christian missionary in East Africa. Early life He was the son of Canon Herbert Edgcumbe Hadow and Edith Rose Abell. He grew up at Quedgeley Vicarage, Glouc ...

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missionary to

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Pen Hadow Rupert Nigel Pendrill Hadow known as Pen Hadow (British, born 26 February 1962), is an Arctic region explorer, advocate, adventurer and guide. He is the only person to have trekked solo, and without resupply by third parties, from Canada to the ...

, explorer

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