George William Cox

George William Cox
Born(1827-01-10)10 January 1827
Benares, India
Died10 February 1902(1902-02-10) (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).