George Howells (11 May 1871 – 7 November 1955) was a Welsh academic and writer, who was Principal of Serampore College, India from 1907 to 1932.
He was educated at schools in Cwm and Pengam before winning a scholarship to Regent's Park Baptist College, London.
He travelled to India in 1895 for the Baptist Missionary Society to deal with literary and educational work.
During this time, he also served as a Fellow and examiner of the University of Calcutta (1913 to 1929) and was a member of the Bengal Legislative Council in 1918.
[1] His writings included The Soul of India (1913), derived from lectures he delivered at the University of London, and The Story of Serampore (1927), of which he wrote the majority and edited the whole.