George Grimm

Born in Brechin, Scotland, on June 9, 1833, George Grimm had only a limited early education and was first apprenticed to a stonemason. He kept studying on his own, attended night school, later went on to Aberdeen Grammar School and the University of Edinburgh, and earned an M.A. in 1861.

In 1865 he left for Australia to serve as a Presbyterian minister. He worked in Queensland and New South Wales, including at Dalby, Young, Grenfell, and Balmain West, and became moderator of the New South Wales General Assembly in 1879. He was also a long-serving tutor in apologetics and systematic theology connected with St Andrew's College.

Grimm's interests stretched well beyond the pulpit. He studied botany and astronomy, wrote for newspapers and journals, and published books such as The Australian Explorers (1888), The Unveiling of Africa (1890), and A Concise History of Australia (1891). He died on June 2, 1897, in Balmain, leaving behind a reputation as both a faithful pastor and a serious scholar.