Talk:George Gleig (priest)

George Gleig (priest)
I don't understand why the article is headed thus. Two issues: 1. This person generally (always?) signed his work "George Robert Gleig" ("George Gleig" tout court was his father, not himself). 2. To the extent that he's remembered at all, he's remembered first as a writer (especially, but not only, on military topics), then as a soldier, then as a chaplain. Identifying him as "priest" is like identifying the author of Hamlet as "William Shakespeare (landowner)": he was, but that isn't how he is normally identified. I was looking for George Robert Gleig the author of The Subaltern; when Wikipedia redirected me to "George Gleig (priest)", I thought at first that I'd come to the wrong place. Furthermore, "George Gleig (priest)" doesn't differentiate him from his father: his father was also a priest (and, unlike George Robert, is mainly known for being one). Pelamis (talk) 00:44, 25 July 2017 (UTC)

List of Works
Some of the currently listed works were authored not by this writer (George Robert Gleig) but by his father (George Gleig): this further illustrates the need to differentiate the two more clearly than Wikipedia currently does. I also find some of the comments on the works confusing or even unintelligible (e.g., the statement "Original 4 vols translation" after the translation from Brialmont--whatever that is supposed to mean, surely there must be a clearer way to say it). Pelamis (talk) 00:45, 25 July 2017 (UTC)