G. Blakemore Evans
Gwynne Blakemore Evans , born March 31, 1912 in Columbus , Ohio ; died on December 23, 2005 in Cambridge , Massachusetts, was an American literary scholar and Shakespeare scholar.
Life
Evans was born in Columbus, Ohio , and his father, Marshall B. Evans, was a lecturer in German language and literature at Ohio State University , where Evans graduated in 1934. In 1936 he earned a master's degree from the University of Cincinnati . In 1940 he received his doctorate from Harvard University . During World War II he served as a member of the United States Army Signal Corps in Bletchley Park . After the war, he was appointed professor at the University of Wisconsin , the University of Illinois and, most recently, Harvard University. In 1975 he received a Walter Channing Cabot Fellowship . In 1988 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .
plant
One of his first scientific publications was The Plays and Poems of William Cartwright (1951), a work edition by Anglican clergyman and writer William Cartwright , who is counted among the so-called Cavalier poets . Between 1960 and 1980 he was entitled Shakespearean prompt Books of the 17th Century a number of so-called prompt Books out.
From 1974 he got a new edition of Riverside Shakespeare . In 1997 he was still involved in a revision of the edition. For the New Penguin Shakespeare he gave (1959 and 1969) Richard III. out. For the New Cambridge Shakespeare he arranged the Romeo and Juliet edition in 1984 and an edition of the sonnets in 1996 . Evans' last posthumously published book was The Poems of Robert Parry , a study of Shakespeare's contemporary and poet Robert Parry .
Web links
- Wolfgang Saxon: G. Blakemore Evans, 93, Shakespeare Scholar, Dies. In: New York Times . January 11, 2006
- Literature by and about G. Blakemore Evans in the WorldCat bibliographic database
Individual evidence
- ^ G. Blakemore Evans , US Social Security Death Directory (SSDI), accessed October 13, 2018
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Evans, G. Blakemore |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Evans, Gwynne Blakemore (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American literary scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 31, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Columbus , Ohio |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 23, 2005 |
| Place of death | Cambridge , Massachusetts |