Horace Howard Furness

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American philologist Shakespearean scholar editor human

Horace Howard Furness was a prominent 19th-century American Shakespearean scholar and editor, best known for his variorum editions of Shakespeare's plays.

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Horace Howard Furness canonical 5
Horace Howard Furness Jr. 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American philologist ⓘ
Shakespearean scholar ⓘ
editor ⓘ
human ⓘ
burialPlace Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
child Horace Howard Furness self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Horace Howard Furness Jr.
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1833-11-02 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1912-08-13 ⓘ
educatedAt Harvard University ⓘ
surface form: Harvard College

Harvard University ⓘ
familyName Furness ⓘ
father William Henry Furness ⓘ
fieldOfWork English literature ⓘ
Shakespeare studies ⓘ
philology ⓘ
fullName Horace Howard Furness self-link ⓘ
genre scholarly commentary ⓘ
givenName Horace ⓘ
hasRelative Annis P. Furness ⓘ
William Henry Furness ⓘ
knownFor collating earlier Shakespeare scholarship ⓘ
comprehensive annotation of Shakespeare’s plays ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ
American Philosophical Society ⓘ
notableAchievement produced standard reference editions of Shakespeare in the late 19th century ⓘ
notableFor variorum editions of Shakespeare’s plays ⓘ
notableWork New Variorum Shakespeare ⓘ
Variorum edition of A Midsummer Night’s Dream ⓘ
Variorum edition of Hamlet ⓘ
Variorum edition of Macbeth ⓘ
Variorum edition of Othello ⓘ
Variorum edition of Romeo and Juliet ⓘ
Variorum edition of The Merchant of Venice ⓘ
occupation editor ⓘ
scholar ⓘ
translator ⓘ
placeOfBirth Philadelphia ⓘ
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
placeOfDeath Wallingford, Pennsylvania ⓘ
religion Unitarian ⓘ
residence Philadelphia ⓘ
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Wallingford, Pennsylvania ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Helen Kate Rogers Furness ⓘ
workLocation Philadelphia ⓘ
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Frank Furness → sibling → Horace Howard Furness ⓘ
Fisher Fine Arts Library, University of Pennsylvania → namedAfter → Horace Howard Furness ⓘ
subject surface form: Fisher Fine Arts Library
Horace Howard Furness → fullName → Horace Howard Furness self-link ⓘ
Horace Howard Furness → child → Horace Howard Furness self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Horace Howard Furness Jr.
William Henry Furness → child → Horace Howard Furness ⓘ
William Henry Furness → relative → Horace Howard Furness ⓘ