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George St. Clair
b. 1836
A 19th-century writer who brought science, archaeology, and religion into the same conversation, he wrote about evolution, biblical lands, and ancient myth for general readers. His books show a lively curiosity about how new discoveries could reshape old beliefs.
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Buried Cities and Bible Countries
by George St. Clair
About the author
George St. Clair was a British minister and nonfiction writer born in 1836. Sources connected with his books and author records describe him as a religious writer with interests that ranged widely across geology, anthropology, biblical archaeology, and comparative myth.
His work often tried to make big, difficult subjects readable for ordinary audiences. Books associated with him include Darwinism and Design; Or, Creation by Evolution (1873), Buried Cities and Bible Countries, The Buried City of Jerusalem, Creation Records Discovered in Egypt, Myths of Greece Explained and Dated, and The Secret of Genesis. One of his best-known themes was the relationship between modern scientific thinking and religious belief.
Records linked to his published work also identify him with the Palestine Exploration Fund and with lecturing and writing on Jerusalem and the ancient Near East. A clear portrait image could not be confidently confirmed from the sources reviewed here, so no profile image is included.