George A. Irwin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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church administrator
Date of Birth: 17-Nov-1844
Place of Birth: Knox County, Ohio, United States
Date of Death: 23-May-1913
Profession: herder
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About George A. Irwin
- George A.
- Irwin (November 17, 1844 – May 23, 1913) was a Seventh-day Adventist administrator.
- He was President of the General Conference from 1897 to 1901. Irwin was born close to Mt.
- Vernon, Ohio on November 17, 1844.
- At age 17, he volunteered for the Union Army during the American Civil War, where he was placed with the 20th Regiment of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
- He was captured near Atlanta and spent time at Andersonville Prison.In 1867, Irwin married a schoolteacher named Nettie Johnson.
- The George Irwin family were converted to the Seventh-Day Adventist faith in 1885 by a series of meetings held by D.
- E.
- Lindsay and W.
- H.
- Saxby.
- He became president of the Ohio Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists in 1889.
- In March 1897, he was elected President of the General Conference at the General Conference session held in Lincoln, Nebraska.
- As president, he sought to re-organize the duties of the ministry, and made a tour of Australia.A.
- G.
- Daniells was elected General Conference President in 1901, and Irwin was asked to replace him as head of the Australian Union.
- He became disheartened about his time as General Conference president, viewing it as an "utter failure." He returned to the United States in 1905 and served as vice-president of the General Conference.
- He was installed as president of the Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists in 1910.
- He left this position two years later to become president of the Board of Directors of what is now Loma Linda University.
- The likely reason for this change was his failing health.
- He endured health problems until his death on May 23, 1913.
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