George Oliver
(1781–1861)

English Roman Catholic priest and historian

Works edit

  • Historic Collections relating to the Monasteries in Devon (1820)
  • The History of Exeter (1821)
  • Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Devon, being Observations on many Churches in Devonshire, originally published in the "Exeter and Plymouth Gazette", with John Pike Jones (1828)
  • Ecclesiastical Antiquities in Devon, being Observations on several Churches in Devonshire, with some Memoranda for the History of Cornwall, in three volumes (1839–1842)
  • Cliffordiana (1828)
  • Memoir of the Lord Treasurer Clifford, originally published in the Catholic Spectator, (1828?)
  • Collections towards illustrating the Biography of the Scotch, English, and Irish Members of the Society of Jesus, originally published in the London and Dublin Weekly Orthodox Journal (1838)
  • Merrye Englaunde; or the Goldene Daies of Goode Queene Besse, originally published in the Catholic Magazine (1841)
  • Description of the Guildhall, Exeter, with Pitman Jones (1845)
  • Monasticon Dioecesis Exoniensis (1846)
  • "Ancient Church within the Castle of Exeter" in Archaeological Journal, 11 (1854), pp. 157–164
  • Collections illustrating the History of the Catholic Religion in the Counties of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset, Wilts, and Gloucester (1857)
  • Lives of the Bishops of Exeter, and a History of the Cathedral (1861)

As Editor edit

  • A View of Devonshire, by Thomas Westcote, edited with Pitman Jones (1845)
  • Pedigrees of most of our Devonshire Families, by Thomas Westcote, edited with Pitman Jones (1845)

Works about Oliver edit


 

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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