George Cossar Pringle

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George Cossar Pringle
Born1858 (1858)
Diedc.1930 (aged 71–72)
NationalityScottish
Occupation(s)teacher and author
Known forRector of Peebles Burgh and County High School
Notable workPringle History Map series
Parents
  • George Pringle (father)
  • Elizaabeth Cossar (mother)

George Cossar Pringle FRSE (1858–c.1930) was a Scottish school-teacher and author. He is mainly remembered for the Pringle History Map series.[1]

Life

He was born in 1858 the son of George Pringle (1820–1881) and his wife, Elizaabeth Cossar (1827–1881).[2]

He was Rector of Peebles Burgh and County High School for most of his later life. In 1908 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were John Alison, John Brown Clark, David Fowler Lowe and George Chrystal. He resigned from the Society in 1920.[3]

In the First World War he served on the Teachers War Service Committee.[4]

Publications

  • Peebles and Selkirk[5]
  • Notes of Lessons on Thrift (1916)

References

  1. ^ "The Pringle history map series. Stuart period". 1904.
  2. ^ "George Cossar Pringle 1930-1950 - Ancestry®".
  3. ^ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  4. ^ Spectator (newspaper) 4 March 1916
  5. ^ Peebles and Selkirk. Cambridge County Geographies.


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