Autograph letters and postcards signed from W.J. Rolfe, Cambridgeport, Massachusetts, to J. Parker Norris, Philadelphia [manuscript], 1877-1880.

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Autograph letters and postcards signed from W.J. Rolfe, Cambridgeport, Massachusetts, to J. Parker Norris, Philadelphia [manuscript], 1877-1880.

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Rolfe discusses his work editing Shakespeare, The bibliopolist, The literary world, the New Shakespeare Society, Craik's English of Shakespeare, Horace Howard Furness, F.G. Fleay, Frederick James Furnivall, "the Bullock."

28 items ; 75 x 130 mm to 180 x 120 mm.

Folger Shakespeare Library

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Folger Shakespeare Library

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Rolfe, W. J. (William James), 1827-1910

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William James Rolfe was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, on December 10, 1827, the son of John Rolfe and Lydia Davis. After attending Amherst College from 1845-1848, he was principal and master of several high schools in Massachusetts. He later became a prominent Shakespearean scholar and textbook author. He earned master's degrees from Harvard University (1859) and Amherst College (1865). On July 30, 1856, he married Eliza Jane Carew; their three children were John, George, and Charles. Will...

Furness, Horace Howard, 1833-1912

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American Shakespeare scholar. From the description of Letters : to Dr. John C. Rolfe, 1910. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 79028412 Shakespearean scholar. From the description of Papers of Horace Howard Furness, 1872-1899. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 56349747 Horace Howard Furness was a lawyer and Shakespeare scholar. From the description of Scrapbook, 1869-1911. (American Philosophical Society Library). Wor...

Fleay, Frederick Gard, 1831-1909

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Craik, George L. (George Lillie), 1798-1866

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Nephew of George Lillie Craik (1798-1866); partner in the Macmillan publishing house; married Dinah Maria Mulock in 1865. From the description of Autograph letters signed (5) : London, to Harper & Brothers, 1868 Jan. 21-Dec. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270533422 ...

Norris, Joseph Parker, 1847-1916

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J.P. Norris was editor of the American Bibliopolist. From the description of Letters to J.P. Norris, editor, from F.J. Furnivall and J. Crosby [manuscript], 1877. (Folger Shakespeare Library). WorldCat record id: 416491440 ...

Furnivall, Frederick James, 1825-1910

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English scholar and editor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Mrs. Mark's, Temple Gardens, Lincoln, to an unknown correspondent, 1890 Aug. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125491 Frederick James Furnivall (1825-1910) was an English scholar and editor who helped to organize the Working Men's College. Various organizations he founded include the Early English Text Society, Chaucer Society, New Shakspere Society, Wiclif Society, Browning Society, and Shelle...

New Shakspere Society (Great Britain)

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Bullock, Christopher, 1690?-1724

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