Revilo P. Oliver, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Revilo P. Oliver

American philologist

Date of Birth: 07-Jul-1908

Place of Birth: Corpus Christi, Texas, United States

Date of Death: 20-Aug-1994

Profession: writer, journalist, romanist, opinion journalist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Revilo Pendleton Oliver (July 7, 1908 – August 20, 1994) was an American professor of Classical philology, Spanish, and Italian at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
After World War II, he published in American Opinion, becoming known as a polemicist for white supremacist and right-wing causes. Oliver also briefly attracted national notoriety in the 1960s when he published an article after the President John F.
Kennedy assassination, suggesting that Lee Harvey Oswald was part of a Soviet conspiracy against the United States.
He was called to testify before the Warren Commission investigating the murder.