Henry Malden

Henry Malden (1800–1876) was a prominent British academic.[1]

For the English historian, see Henry Elliot Malden.

Life

He was the son of Jonas Malden, a Putney surgeon. Malden attended Preston's School and was a scholar at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he obtained a B.A. in 1822 and an M.A. in 1825.[2] He was the friend and associate of Thomas Babington Macaulay and John Moultrie.[3]

Malden was Professor of Greek at University College London from 1831 until 1876.[4]

In 1833 he agreed to become joint headmaster (with the Professor of Latin) of University College School, a post he held until 1846.[3]

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 and his wife Eleanor.[5] They had three children, including the historian H. E. Malden.

Works
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References
  1. "Malden, Henry" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
  2. "Malden, Henry (MLDN817H)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. Henry Malden biography Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine accessed July 2007
  4. Senate House Library, University of London – Greek notes accessed July 2007
  5. "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
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