George Charles Williamson was a journalist, author, historian, and convert to Catholicism, as well as an authority on archaeology and British culture. Born in Guildford, England in 1858, he was educated at London University. He married Louisa May Lethbrige in 1883 and the couple had three children. Early in his literary career, Williamson worked as a journalist, writing on local archeology and coin collecting. Williamson traveled in Europe extensively in search of writing material on archeological and artistic subjects. An avid collector of miniatures and portraits, he was declared a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor and held memberships in the Royal Society of Literature and the Zoological Society.

Williamson wrote extensively on British art, culture, archeology, literature, and collectibles. Some of his works include: Trader’s Tokens (1889), Perugino (1900), Fra Angelo (1901), Raphael (1901), The History of Portrait Miniatures (1904), Life of Milton (1905), The Cities of Northern Italy (1906), Catalogue of the Pierpont Morgan Collection of Miniatures (1906), Curious Survivals (1923) and The Book of Ivory (1938).

Williamson died in 1942.

Source:

Catholic Authors: Contemporary Biographical Sketches. Volume I: 1930-1947. Ed. Mathew Hoehn. Newark, NJ: St. Mary’s Abbey, 1948.