Autograph letter signed from Richard Owen, British Museum, to W. Hepworth Dixon and J.O. Halliwell [manuscript], 1863 October 11.

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Autograph letter signed from Richard Owen, British Museum, to W. Hepworth Dixon and J.O. Halliwell [manuscript], 1863 October 11.

Sent to Dixon and Halliwell-Phillipps in their capacity as Honorable Secretaries of the National Shakespeare Committee. Addressed "Gentlemen." Concerns Owen's being added to the Committee of the Shakespeare Celebration.

1 item ; 19 x 12 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7441044

Folger Shakespeare Library

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Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889

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English writer and librarian. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : London, to J. Harrison, 1868 July 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270665313 Shakespeare scholar, literary antiquary, and lexicographer. From the description of Correspondence, 1849-1892. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34367915 Shakespeare scholar, literary antiquary, lexicographer, and critic. From the description of Correspondence, with W...

Owen, Richard, 1804-1892

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National Shakespeare Committee (London, England)

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Dixon, William Hepworth, 1821-1879

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Historian. From the description of Letters 1845-1876. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 702669699 Dixon was born on June 30, 1821 at Great Ancoats in Manchester, England; wrote a five-act tragedy, The Azamoglan, which was privately printed; editor of Cheltenham Journal, 1846; called to bar in London, 1854, but never practiced law; contributor to the Athenaeum and the Daily News; wrote Life of William Penn (1851); editor of the Athenaeum, 1853-69; traveled widely and ...