William George (died 1756) was an English churchman and academic, Provost of King's College, Cambridge from 1743 and Dean of Lincoln from 1748.
[1] Leaving university, he became assistant-master, and eventually principal, of Eton, a position he held for around 15 years.
[2] George, a fine scholar, had little of the necessary touch with the boys, who in 1729 rioted spectacularly in a pupil rebellion, unique in Eton's history.
He was also a Greek scholar and Latin poet: some of his poems were in the Musæ Etonenses (1755), edited by John Prinsep.
Some lines on the death of Frederick, Prince of Wales were the topic of an anecdote of Pope Benedict XIV.