Author:George Croft

George Croft
(1747–1809)

Works

• ‘A Sermon [on Prov. xxiv. 21] preached before the University of Oxford, 25 October 1783,’ Stafford, 1784.
• ‘A Plan of Education, delineated and vindicated. To which are added a Letter to a Young Gentleman designed for the University and for Holy Orders; and a short Dissertation upon the stated provision and reasonable expectations of Public Teachers,’ Wolverhampton, 1784.
• ‘Eight Sermons preached before the University of Oxford,’ being the Bampton Lectures, Oxford, 1786.
• ‘The Test Laws defended. A Sermon [on 2 Tim. ii. 21] … With a preface containing remarks on Dr. Price's Revolution Sermon and other publications,’ Birmingham, 1790.
• ‘Plans of Parliamentary Reform, proved to be visionary, in a letter to the Reverend C. Wyvill,’ Birmingham, 1793.
• ‘Thoughts concerning the Methodists and Established Clergy, &c.,’ London, 1795.
• ‘A Short Commentary, with strictures, on certain parts of the moral writings of Dr. Paley and Mr. Gisborne. To which are added … Observations on the duties of Trustees and Conductors of Grammar Schools, and two Sermons, on Purity of Principle, and the Penal Laws,’ Birmingham, 1797.
• ‘An Address to the Proprietors of the Birmingham Library, &c.,’ Birmingham [1803].
• ‘Sermons, including a series of Discourses on the Minor Prophets, preached before the University of Oxford,’ 2 vols. Birmingham, 1811

Works about Croft

• Sermons... is prefixed with a brief sketch of the author's life by the Rev. Rann Kennedy of Birmingham grammar school.
• "Croft, George," in Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886, by Joseph Foster, London: Parker and Co. (1888–1892) in 4 vols.
• "Croft, George," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.