Autograph letters signed from George Cox Bompas to various people [manuscript], 1902-1903.

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Autograph letters signed from George Cox Bompas to various people [manuscript], 1902-1903.

Correspondents: Isaac Hull Platt and John Wordsworth, bp. of Salisbury. Concerned with the Shakespeare-Bacon controversy.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7387634

Folger Shakespeare Library

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Wordsworth, John, 1843-1911

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Bompas, George Cox, 1827-1905

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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

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William Shakespeare was likely born April, 23, 1564; he was baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon on April 26, 1564. He grew up, had a family, and bought property in Stratford while working in London, the center of English theater. As an actor, a playwright, and a partner in a leading acting company, he became both prosperous and well-known. His parents were John and Mary Shakespeare. John was a leatherworker and involved in local politics, first becoming an alderman and eventually a town bailiff. ...

Platt, Isaac Hull, 1853-1912

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Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626

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Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban, 1561-1626, English philosopher, statesman and essayist best known for theories on scientific experimentation; knighted in 1603, created Baron Verulam in 1618, and created Viscount St Alban in 1621; Lord Chancellor, 1618; died 1626. From the guide to the A Coppy of a letter Conceived to bee writt to the late Duke of Buckingham..., c1650-1700, (Senate House Library, University of London) ...