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William Henry Ireland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
William Henry Ireland (2 August 1775 – 17 April 1835) was a forger of would-be Shakespearean documents and plays. He is less well-known as a poet, writer of gothic novels and histories. Although he w...
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Perhaps the most brazen literary forgeries of all were those of William Henry Ireland. William Henry Ireland was born in London in 1777, the son of Samuel Ireland, a self-taught artist who had achieved considerable commercial success with a series of illustrated travel books.
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He devoted his life to the pursuit of Shakespeariana, in the process neglecting his talented young son, William Henry Ireland (1777-1835). That is, until his son brought home from the law office where he worked a mortgage document signed by Shakespeare himself.
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Its fate prevented the composition of a series of historical plays, of which Henry II had already been produced by this audacious forger. ... Samuel Ireland the elder had published in 1795 the Miscellaneous Papers and Legal Instruments under the Hand and Seal of William Shakespeare;
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WILLIAM HENRY IRELAND (1777-1835). Online Encyclopedia. Originally appearing in Volume V14, Page 742 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica. ...
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Project Gutenberg's Fairies and Folk of Ireland, by William Henry Frost This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever.
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Amazon.com: Abide with Me and Other Favourite Hymns: Anonymous, John
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Ireland, William Henry ( 1777 – 1835 ), remembered chiefly as a forger of Shakespeare manuscripts. He began his audacious series of deceptions at the age of 17, when he was working in a lawyer's office with easy access to old parchment, deeds, and antiquated forms of writing.
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Over 3,500 study guides, question and answer forums, literature criticism, reference content, and much more ... Ireland, William Henry.See forgery. ... Home > The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare > Ireland, William Henry...
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Name of creator(s): Ireland | William Henry | 1777-1835 | forger of Shakespeare manuscripts ... The British Library, Manuscript Collections, holds correspondence and papers of Samuel Ireland relating to his son's Shakespeare forgeries. Papers of (Samuel) William Henry Ireland, including in some cases examples of his...
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