(17 November 1836 − 4 July 1910)
Born at Hereford, England, on 17 November 1836, he attended Hereford Cathedral School and entered Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, in 1856. He received his B.A. in 1860 and M.A. in 1863, and served as an assistant master at Rossall School in 1861-1863. He died at Budleigh Salterton, Devon, on 4 July 1910. (A Cambridge Alumni Database, Pember, George Hawkins, PMR856GH)
His Earth's Earliest Ages, and their Lessons for Us, first published in London in 1876, included a treatise on Spiritualism. The second edition (1884) expanded the subtitle to refer to both Spiritualism and Theosophy. (BCW 8:471) In this work he argued for an interval between the events of the first two verses of Genesis and for the destruction of a pre-Adamic world following Lucifer's fall. (Schoettle Publishing, G. H. Pember)
He criticised Theosophy from a Christian standpoint. Although disagreeing with his conclusions, H. P. Blavatsky acknowledged his conscientious study of Theosophical teachings and the courteous tone of his criticism. (H. P. Blavatsky, Theosophical and Mystic Publications, BCW 8:43)
Some links:
- Quotes: Zirkoff, Boris
- CTD article in Russian: Пембер, Джордж Хокинс
- Wikipedia: G. H. Pember
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To show: George Hawkins Pember; sortable: Pember, George Hawkins
Person's short name: G.H. Pember; sortable: Pember, G.H.; for categories: Pember G.H.
Lifetime: 1836-1910
Shortly: English Christian writer and biblical expositor associated with the Plymouth Brethren, and author of Earth's Earliest Ages.