DECEMBER 10, 1824 Born in Huntly, Aberdeenshire,
1826 Family moves to the Farm, Huntly
1832 Death of MacDonald's mother, Helen MacKay MacDonald
1840 Enters King's College, Aberdeen
1848 Attends Highbury Theological College, London; proposes to Louisa Powell
1850 Accepts pastorate at Trinity Congregational Church in Arundel, Sussex
1851 Marries Louisa Powell; ordained to Congregational ministry
1852 Birth of first child, Lilia Scott; congregation reduces his salary
1853 Resigns pastorate at Arundel; the family moves to Manchester
1855 Publishes Within and Without: A Dramatic Poem
1856 Lady Byron becomes MacDonald's patron; the family vacations in Algiers
1857 Moves to Huntly Cottage, Hastings
1858 Publishes Phantastes; death of father
1859 Accepts professorship of English literature at Bedford College, London
1863 Publishes David Elginbrod
1865 Begins lecturing at King's College, London
1866 Becomes a member of the Church of England at the Chapel of St. Peter's, Vere Street, where F. D. Maurice is rector
1867 George MacKay, last of II children, is born; the family moves to the Retreat, Upper Mall, Hammersmith; publishes first of three volumes of Unspoken Sermons
1868 Becomes involved with the housing projects sponsored by John Ruskin and Octavia Hill; publishes Robert Falconer
1869 Becomes editor of Good Words for the Young
1871 Publishes At the Back of the North Wind
1872 George, Louisa, and their son Greville MacDonald go on a lecture tour of America; publishes The Princess and the Goblin
1875 Family leaves the Retreat
1877 Louisa organizes the first family performance of The Pilgrim's Progress, with Princess Louise in attendance; Queen Victoria awards MacDonald a Civil Lists Pension
1878 Death of daughter Mary
1879 Publishes ...

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