Oswald Staniforth

Reverend Oswald Staniforth (born George Edward Charles Staniforth; 1865–1930) was a British Franciscan friar notable for his writings on various religious subjects.^[1][2]

Oswald Staniforth
Staniforth in 1896
Born	George Edward Charles Staniforth 1865 Erith, Kent, England
Died	1930 (aged 64–65) Wales
Nationality	British
Parent(s)	Charles Staniforth Agnes Harrietta Woodbridge
Relatives	John Staniforth (great-grandfather)

Biography

George was born in the town of Erith, Kent, to Charles Staniforth, an accountant who was born in Smyrna, Turkey as a British Subject, and Agnes Harrietta Woodbridge, born in France.^[3] By age fourteen he was attending St Augustine's College, Canterbury. He worked as a missionary during the Boer War, serving with the British Army in South Africa. He lived in various places over his life including Kent, Yorkshire, Wales and had worked as a missionary in California and Montreal.^[4][5][6]

Writings

• The Saint of the Eucharist, Saint Paschal Baylon, Patron of Eucharistic Associations (1905)^[7] OCLC 975468498, OCLC 224151750, OCLC 974266360, OCLC 1078979178
• Sketch of St. Louis King of France
• Life of St. Francis OCLC 40721408
• The Third Order of Saint Francis: Being three lectures delivered at the Franciscan summer school, Oxford, August 1928 OCLC 11978646