Oliver Green (born December 1951) is an author and transport historian who has written widely on the history of

public transport in London London has an extensive and developed transport network which includes both public and private services. Journeys made on its integrated transport network account for 37% of London's journeys while private services accounted for 36% of journeys ...

, and in particular on the art and design of London Transport. He is the former head curator and now research fellow at the

London Transport Museum The London Transport Museum (LTM) is a transport museum based in Covent Garden, London. The museum predominantly hosts exhibits relating to the heritage of Transport in London, London's transport, as well as conserving and explaining the histo ...

. He lectures at

Birkbeck College Birkbeck, University of London (formally Birkbeck College, University of London), is a public research university located in London, England, and a member institution of the University of London. Established in 1823 as the London Mechanics' ...

, University of London, and Gresham College.The art of the Underground: 150 years of re-designing London.
Gresham College, 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2016.

Selected publications

1980s

*''The London Transport golden jubilee book, 1933-1983''.

Daily Telegraph ''The Daily Telegraph'', known online and elsewhere as ''The Telegraph'', is a British daily broadsheet conservative newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed in the United Kingdom and internationally. It was foun ...

, London, 1983. *''The London Underground: An illustrated history''.

Ian Allan Publishing Ian Allan Publishing was an English publisher, established in 1942, which specialised in transport books. It was founded by Ian Allan. In 1942, Ian Allan, then working in the public relations department for the Southern Railway at Waterloo ...

, 1987. *''Metro-Land: 1932 edition''. Oldcastle Books, Harpenden, 1987 (Introduction).

1990s

*''Art for the London Underground: London Transport posters 1908 to the present''. Rizzoli, New York, 1990. *''Underground art: London Transport posters, 1908 to the present''. Studio Vista, London, 1990. *''Designed for London: 150 years of transport design''. Laurence King, London, 1995. (With Jeremy Rewse-Davies)

2000s and 2010s

*''London Transport posters: A century of art and design''. Lund Humphries, 2008. (Edited with David Bownes) *''Discovering London railway stations''. Shire, London, 2010. *''The tube: Station to station on the London Underground''. Shire, London, 2012. *''Underground: How the tube shaped London''.

Allen Lane Sir Allen Lane (born Allen Lane Williams; 21 September 1902 – 7 July 1970) was a British publisher who together with his brothers Richard and John Lane founded Penguin Books in 1935, bringing high-quality paperback fiction and non-fictio ...

, London, 2012. (With David Bownes and Sam Mullins) *''British aviation posters: Art, design and flight''. Lund Humphries, 2012 (With Scott Anthony) *''Frank Pick's London: Art, design and the modern city''. V & A Publishing, London, 2013.

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