Collier, John Payne, 1789-1883

Critic and journalist.

From the description of John Payne Collier correspondence, 1840. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79453934

Epithet: of Add MS 34574

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000246.0x0002e1

Epithet: of Add MS 37907

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John Payne Collier, English literary editor and forger.

From the description of John Payne Collier manuscript material : 2 items, 1830-1860 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 123359735

From the guide to the John Payne Collier manuscript material : 2 items, 1830-1860, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.)

Epithet: of Add MS 36716

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Bibliophile and Shakespearean scholar.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to Thomas Amyot, 1836 Aug. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270521949

Journalist, librarian, and Shakespearean literary scholar. Created a sensation when he announced the discovery of a copy of the Second Folio (1632) with extensive ms. annotations in a 17th century hand (the 'Perkins Folio'); this copy turned out to be a forgery.

From the description of Remarks on the Two gentlemen of Verona, : from J. Payne Collier's "Trilogy," 1874, and from J.O. Halliwell's (Phillipp's) "New [sic] illustrations of the life of Shakespeare," part 1st, 1874 : holograph manuscript, 1875 / copied for me by my kind friends Mr. & Mrs. J. Parker Norris, Philadelphia, [signed] J. Crosby, 1875. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 68901067

English critic.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Riverside, Maiden, to A.C. Swinburne, 1880 Feb. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270527344

English author.

From the description of ALS, 1865, May 26. (University of Delaware Library). WorldCat record id: 38041671

Controversial Shakespearian critic and editor. His History of English dramatic poetry and annals of the stage appeared in 1831 and was among the first of his publications to provide valuable new information about its subject along with documents that have been accused of inauthenticity. He was a leading Shakespeare scholar and made important contributions to the study of Elizabethan and Jacobean drama, but too often "amplified" what he found. Collier also administered various antiquarian publication societies and served as an agent for collectors.

From the description of ALS: Maidenhead [London],to H. Brown, 1869 Dec. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122424287

English Shakespearean critic.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Maidenhead, to R. Lenox Kennedy, 1861 Jan. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270524280