George William Cox
George William Cox | |
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| Born | 10 January 1827 Benares, India |
| Died | 10 February 1902 (aged 75) Walmer, England |
| Occupation(s) | historian and priest |
George William Cox (Benares, 10 January 1827 – Walmer, 10 February 1902) was a British historian. He is known for resolving the several myths of Greece and the world into idealisations of solar phenomena. The French poet Stéphane Mallarmé has translated some of his works under the title of Les Dieux antiques (1880).