| George Edwin MacLean | |
| Birth Date: | 31 August 1850 |
| Birth Place: | Rockville, Connecticut |
| Death Place: | Washington, D.C. |
| Occupation: | Educator |
| Signature: | Signature of George Edwin MacLean (1850–1938).png |
George Edwin MacLean (August 31, 1850 - May 3, 1938) was the eighth President of the University of Iowa, serving from 1899 to 1911.[1]
George Edwin MacLean was born in Rockville, Connecticut, on August 31, 1850.[2]
He was an alumnus of Williams College (A.B. 1871, A.M. 1874, LL.D. 1895), Yale (B.D. 1874), and Leipzig (Ph.D. 1883). From 1884 to 1895 he was a professor of English language and literature at the University of Minnesota. From 1895 to 1899 he was the sixth Chancellor of the University of Nebraska.[3]
He married Clara S. Taylor on May 20, 1874.[2]
MacLean died at his home in Washington, D.C., on May 3, 1938.[4]