Olney, Jesse

Olney, Jesse, 1798-1872, American geographer and teacher. His Practical System of Modern Geography (1828), a standard work for decades, revolutionized the teaching of geography. Olney's method was to familiarize students with their own environment in order to progress to the study of more distant places. He served in the Connecticut legislature for eight terms, was elected state comptroller in 1867, and wrote textbooks and a volume of poetry.

Olney may refer to:

Places

United Kingdom

• Olney, Buckinghamshire, a town near Milton Keynes, England.
• The Olney Hymns, a collection of hymns written thereUnited States
• Olney, Alabama
• Olney, Georgia
• Olney, Illinois
• Olney, Kentucky
• Olney, Maryland
• Olney, Missouri
• Olney, Montana
• Olney, Oklahoma
• Olney, Oregon
• Olney, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a neighborhood
• Olney, Texas

Schools

• Olney Friends School, Barnesville, Ohio

People

• Buster Olney, Baseball Commentator
• Richard Olney, United States Attorney General and Secretary of State