Surname: Fleet Forename(s): John George b. 8 July 1818. Nationality: English.
Poet and hymn writer. Born in London. Founded the Church Sunday School Institute (1843).
Editor of Church Sunday School Quarterly. Probably the father of Rutland Barrington. Author of New Year’s Impressions: A New Year’s Address to Sunday School Teachers (1859); The Perfect Work of Patience: A New Year’s Address (1861); By First and Starts: A New Year’s Address to Parents (1862); More Light and Other Sunday School Addresses (1875); Lux in Tenebris: MS Notes (1873). Biographical information: Hymnary; Rutland Barrington,ODNB. (SP, CC)