George Wigan (c1692 – 11 November 1776) was a tutor at Christ Church, Oxford then rector of St Mary’s, Oldswinford in Worcestershire.
Wigan was ordained deacon by George Hooper, Bishop of Bath and Wells (20 December 1719).
One of his students was John Wesley who wrote to his mother on 23 September 1723 reporting that “Mr Wigan had resigned his pupils and was retired into the country to one of his livings.” Wesley goes on to note that “The small-pox and fever are now very common in Oxford; of the latter a very ingenious young gentleman of our College died yesterday, being the fifth day from the beginning of his illness.
[4] George Wigan was resident rector of Oldswinford, Worcestershire, from 1722 until death and non-resident rector of Ashbury, formerly in Berkshire also from 1722 to death, the previous incumbent having died of smallpox (conferred by Bishop Hooper)[5] Wigan acted as steward at the annual Anniversary of the Sons of the Clergy service at St Paul's Cathedral on 12 December 1723,[6] The early eighteenth century antiquarian, Thomas Hearne, attributed a number of publications to George Wigan.
In 1722, Hearne attributed the editing of a volume of John Ernest Grabe's Septuagint which included authoring its Prolegomena.