Solomon Lazarus Lee

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Solomon Lazarus Lee, better known as Sir Sidney Lee, was a British biographer, critic, and editor renowned for his work on the Dictionary of National Biography and his scholarship on William Shakespeare.

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instanceOf British person
biographer
editor
human
literary critic
activeYearsEnd 1926
activeYearsStart 1880
alsoKnownAs Sidney Lee
Sir Sidney Lee
awardReceived Knighthood
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
dateOfBirth 1859-12-05
dateOfDeath 1926-03-03
educatedAt Balliol College, Oxford NERFINISHED
employer Dictionary of National Biography
ethnicGroup Jews
surface form: Jewish people
fieldOfWork Shakespeare studies
biography
literary criticism
gender male
hasFamilyName Lee
hasGivenName Sidney
King Solomon
surface form: Solomon
honorificTitle Sir
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf British Academy
notableFor scholarship on William Shakespeare
work on the Dictionary of National Biography
notableWork Life of William Shakespeare
surface form: A Life of William Shakespeare

Dictionary of National Biography
Great Englishmen of the Sixteenth Century
King Edward VII: A Biography
Life of William Shakespeare
Shakespeare and the Modern Stage
occupation Shakespearean scholar
biographer
editor
literary critic
placeOfBirth England
London, England
surface form: London

United Kingdom
placeOfDeath England
London, England
surface form: London

United Kingdom
positionHeld editor of the Dictionary of National Biography
religion Judaism

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Sir Sidney Lee alternativeName Solomon Lazarus Lee
Sidney Lee birthName Solomon Lazarus Lee