George MacDonald (1824–1905) was a Scottish novelist, poet and minister born in Huntly, Aberdeenshire. He studied at King’s College, Aberdeen, and later worked as a teacher and lecturer. His books include The Princess and the Goblin, At the Back of the North Wind and Phantastes. His imaginative stories and spiritual themes influenced later fantasy writers, including C. S. Lewis.
Portrait: Lewis Carroll, 1863; published in The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll (1898), p. 98. Public domain.