George Every

Who was George Every?

George Every SSM was a British historian, theologian, writer on Christian mythology and poet.

Every was a member of the Anglican religious community the Society of the Sacred Mission at Kelham, Nottinghamshire from 1929 to 1973. He then joined the Roman Catholic college at Oscott.

Every was known as a historian of Byzantium and was in some ways a follower of Christopher Dawson.

Every encountered T.S. Eliot at Kelham and introduced him to the history of Little Gidding, later to be the title for one of Eliot's Four Quartets through his draft verse play Stalemate at Little Gidding. On the occasion, in 1948, of Eliot's sexagenarianism, Every wrote for a dedicatory compendium a piece on the poet's religious leanings and its broader significance.

Every also corresponded with C. S. Lewis and Yves Congar and wrote on the work of Charles Williams.