George Stanley Faber, an English theological writer, uncle of the preceding, born Oct. 25, 1773, died near Durham, Jan. 27, 1854. He studied at the university of Oxford, where he became a fellow and tutor of Lincoln college, was appointed Bampton lecturer in 1801, and in the same year published his discourses under the title of Horoe Mosaice (2d ed. enlarged, 1818). He took the degree of B. D. in 1803, | married, gave up his fellowship, and for two years assisted his father, the rector of Calver-ley in York, as curate. He subsequently occupied various vicarages, in 1831 was made prebendary of Salisbury, and in 1832 appointed master of Sherburn hospital. He wrote a large number of works, most of which, particularly those on prophecy, in which he holds that the inspired predictions apply not to individuals but to governments and nations, have had a wide popularity. Among the most important are:Dissertation on the Mysteries of the Cabiri, or the Great Gods of Phoenicia (2 vols. 8vo, Oxford, 1803); The Origin of Pagan Idolatry" (3 vols. 8vo, 1816);Difficulties of Romanism" (8vo, 1826); The Sacred Calendar of Prophecy (3 vols.. 1828);

Papal Infallibility (8vo, 1851); and "The Revival of the French Emperorship anticipated from the Necessity of Prophecy (12mo, 1853; New York, 1859).