George R.S. Mead (1863-1933), scholar

George Robert Stow Mead (1863-1933) was a British scholar.

Biography

George Mead was born at Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England. He studied in Rochester, and Cambridge. In 1884 he joined the Theosophical Society. He devoted his intellectual energy to the complex interplay of Gnosticism, Hellenism, Judaism, and Christianity.

Works on Second Temple Judaism

Books

• Simon Magus (1892 Mead), book

• Pistis Sophia (1896 Mead), book

• Fragments of a Faith Forgotten (1900 Mead), book

• The Gnostic John the Baptizer (1924 Mead), book

External links

• [ Wikipedia]