George Oliver (historian)

George Oliver (1781–1861) was an English Roman Catholic priest and a historian of Exeter, Devon, England, and its environs.Oliver born at Newington, Surrey, on 9 February 1781, and was educated, first at Sedgley Park School, Staffordshire, and afterwards at Stonyhurst College.During the eleven years that he spent at Stonyhurst, Charles Plowden was his spiritual director, and took an interest in his literary studies.He died at St. Nicholas mission, Exeter, on 23 March 1861, and was buried on 2 April near the high altar in his chapel.He also had the principal share in preparing for publication the 'Liber Pontificalis' of Edmund Lacy, bishop of Exeter, which appeared in 1847, as edited by Robert Barnes.
George OliverRoman CatholicExeterNewington, SurreySedgley Park SchoolStonyhurst CollegeCharles PlowdenDurhamWilliam GibsonSociety of JesusSt. NicholasPope Gregory XVIrestoration of the hierarchyPope Pius IXPlymouthJohn GerardNorth BoveyUgbrooke ParkThomas WestcoteWilliam DugdaleSir Henry EllisBulkeley BandinelDevon and Exeter InstitutionEdmund LacyThomas Nadauld Brushfieldpublic domainLee, SidneyDictionary of National BiographyCandler School of TheologyCatholic Encyclopedia