George Phillips | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:George_Phillips,_Oriental_Scholar_(1804-1892).jpg) Portrait of Phillips by Herman Herkomer, 1885. | |
| Born | 11 January 1804 |
| Died | 5 February 1892 (aged 87) |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Queens' College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Scholar |
| Spouse | Emily Frances (m. 1848) |
George Phillips (11 January 1804 – 5 February 1892), was an English churchman and academic, known as an orientalist and mathematician. He was also the Rector of Sandon, Essex, the President of Queens' College, Cambridge, from 1857 until his death and Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University from 1861 to 1862.[1]