Author:George William Cox

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George William Cox (1827–1902)

British historian. Cleric. Styled with the Honorific, Sir, as laid claim to Irish baronetcy of Cox of Dunmanway, rejected posthumously. This author wrote articles for the Dictionary of National Biography, and the list on this page is complete to 1901. Articles written by this author are designated in the DNB by the initials "G. W. C." in vol. 11

Works

• Life of Boniface (1853)
• A manual of mythology in the form of question and answer (1868) [1]
• Latin and Teutonic Christianity : an historical sketch (1870) [2]
• The mythology of the Aryan nations (1870) in 2 vols. [3] [4]
• The crusades (1874) [5]
• Recollections of Oxford (1870) [6]
• Tales of ancient Greece (1879) [7]
• An introduction to the science of comparative mythology and folklore (1883) [8]
• Popular romances of the middle ages (1886) [9]
• The life of John William Colenso, Bishop of Natal (1888) in 2 vols. [10] [11]
• A history of Greece (1894) in 2 vols. [12] [13]
• The Athenian empire (1897) [14]
• The Greeks and the Persians (1908) [15]
• “Colenso, John William,” in Dictionary of National Biography, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., (1885-1900) in 63 vols.

Works by this author published before January 1, 1923 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.