Sir Sidney Lee

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biographer editor human literary scholar

Sir Sidney Lee was a British biographer and literary scholar best known for his extensive work on Shakespeare and for helping shape authoritative reference works on notable figures.

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Sir Sidney Lee canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biographer ⓘ
editor ⓘ
human ⓘ
literary scholar ⓘ
alternativeName Solomon Lazarus Lee ⓘ
awardReceived knighthood ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1859-12-05 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1926-03-03 ⓘ
educatedAt City of London School ⓘ
employer Dictionary of National Biography ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jews ⓘ
surface form: Jewish people
familyName Lee ⓘ
fieldOfWork English literature ⓘ
Shakespeare studies ⓘ
biographical writing ⓘ
genre biography ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ
givenName Sidney ⓘ
honorificPrefix Sir ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf British Academy ⓘ
notableFor editorial work on the Dictionary of National Biography ⓘ
scholarship on William Shakespeare ⓘ
notableWork Life of William Shakespeare ⓘ
surface form: A Life of Shakespeare

Dictionary of National Biography ⓘ
Great Englishmen of the Sixteenth Century ⓘ
Life of William Shakespeare ⓘ
Shakespeare and the Modern Stage ⓘ
occupation academic ⓘ
biographer ⓘ
editor ⓘ
literary critic ⓘ
placeOfBirth London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

United Kingdom ⓘ
placeOfDeath London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

United Kingdom ⓘ
positionHeld assistant editor of the Dictionary of National Biography ⓘ
editor of the Dictionary of National Biography ⓘ
professor of English language and literature at East London College ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
wrote Life of William Shakespeare ⓘ
surface form: A Life of Shakespeare

Great Englishmen of the Sixteenth Century ⓘ
Edward VII ⓘ
surface form: King Edward VII: A Biography

Life of William Shakespeare ⓘ
Shakespeare and the Modern Stage ⓘ

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Dictionary of National Biography → editor → Sir Sidney Lee ⓘ
Shakespeare and the Modern Stage → author → Sir Sidney Lee ⓘ
Great Englishmen of the Sixteenth Century → hasAuthorNameString → Sir Sidney Lee ⓘ
Solomon Lazarus Lee → alsoKnownAs → Sir Sidney Lee ⓘ