Autograph letter signed from Richard Chevenix Trench, Rhyl, to the hon. secretaries of the National Shakespeare Committee [manuscript], 1863 September 11.

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Autograph letter signed from Richard Chevenix Trench, Rhyl, to the hon. secretaries of the National Shakespeare Committee [manuscript], 1863 September 11.

Trench requests that his name be placed on the National Shakespeare Committee. Signed R.C. Trench.

2 leaves ; 18 x 12 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7483289

Folger Shakespeare Library

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Trench, Richard Chenevix, 1807-1886

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Richard Chenevix Trench was a poet, philologist, and Anglican minister. Born in Dublin, he graduated from Trinity College and held a series of religious and academic positions, culminating in his 1864 appointment as Archbishop of Dublin. His poetry, in the spirit of Wordsworth and Tennyson, was popular, and he distinguished himself as a philologist with several influential works, notably his 1857 paper, On some Deficiencies in our English Dictionaries, which helped inspire the project to create ...

National Shakespeare Committee (London, England)

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