Whyte-Melville
GEORGE JOHN, an English novelist; born near St. Andrews, Scotland, in 1821. A captain in the Coldstream Guards, he retired from the army, in 1849, but served in the Turkish cavalry during the Crimean War. Among his works were: "Captain Digby Grand" (1853); "The Gladiators" (1863); "Sarchedon" (1871); "Katerfelto" (1875); etc. He wrote also a volume of "Songs and Verses" and translated Horace's Odes; etc. He died Dec. 5, 1878.