James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps ( English James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps ; June 21, 1820 - January 3, 1889) - British literary critic, folklorist, bibliophile, publisher, researcher of William Shakespeare and collector of English folk tales.
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Born in London . He received his primary education at home, then at Jesus College in Cambridge ( Jesus College, Cambridge ). After completing his studies, he studied Old English literature. In 1841, he met the daughter of the famous bibliophile Thomas Phillipps and proposed to her, but Philips did not give his consent to the marriage, because he suspected Halliwell of stealing one of the valuable books from his library. As a result, in 1842 they were married secretly, after which Philips renounced his daughter. From the beginning of the 1840s he was engaged in collecting English folklore, from the late 1840s - studying the works of Shakespeare. After 1870 he left his editorial work and was engaged only in collecting information about the life of Shakespeare. The name Philips inherited in 1872 from the grandfather of his first wife. He was buried at Patchham Cemetery ( All Saints Church, Patcham ) in East Sussex .
He edited many old English and Elizabethan works for the Camden Society (1838-1897), Persian Society (1840-1852) and the Shakespearean Society [5] . In 1839, he edited the publication of Sir John Mandeville's Travels. Major works: “Account of the European MSS. in the Chetham Library "(1842)," Shakespearina "," Life ot Shakespeare "(1848, several reprints)," Early history of freemasonry in England "," Dictionary of archaic and provincial words "," Popular rhymes and nursery tales " , “Outlines of tne life of Shakespeare”, “Stratford records”, “Shakespeare autotypes”, “Stratford upon Avon in the times of the Shakespeares”, “Calendar of the Records at Stratford-on-Avon” (1863), “History of New Place ”(1864). He owns the illustrated edition of the works of Shakespeare with critical and archaeological notes (1852-1865; circulation of 150 copies). He also published in London the collection "Rara Mathematica" (1841), which included, in particular, the Norfolk treatise (c. 1340) on mathematical progressions.
His contemporaries have repeatedly been accused of theft and illegal sales of old books, as well as their corruption. In 1845, due to suspicion of theft from the library of Trinity College in Cambridge, he was denied access to the library of the British Museum ; at the same time, it is known that many of the rare books he found he voluntarily transferred to large libraries, including the Chethem library in Manchester , the city library of Penzance , as well as the libraries of the Smithsonian and Edinburgh University .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 119506556 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ 1 2 SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ 1 2 Internet Speculative Fiction Database - 1995.
- ↑ BNF ID : 2011 Open Data Platform .
- ↑ Shakespeare Society; London, 1840-1853, founded by J.P. Collier
Sources
- Gallyvell-Philips, James Orchard // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- This article (section) contains text taken (translated) from the eleventh edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica , which went into the public domain .
Links
- DNB Article
- Article in Nordisk Faniljebok (Swedish)
- Hollywell, James Orchard (1820–1889), later Hollywell-Phillips // Elven Dictionary.