George Greenwood
Sir Granville George Greenwood ( January 3, 1850 - October 27, 1928 ) was an English MP, Shakespeare researcher and lawyer.
Life
Greenwood was born the second son of John Greenwood. He studied at Eton College , was selected for a "Newcastle Scholarship" and enrolled at Trinity College, Cambridge . In 1873 he completed the classic Tripos training in Cambridge with honors . After being appointed to the Middle Temple in 1878 , he joined the Court of the Western Circuit. In 1878 he married Laura, the daughter of Dr. Cumberbatch. The marriage resulted in a son and three daughters.
He ran for the constituency of Peterborough in 1876 and Central Hull in 1900. In 1906 he won Peterborough for the Liberal Party and held this mandate until December 1915, when he had to retire because of a joint disease . In 1916 he was knighted as a Knight Bachelor .
Services
Greenwood was a vehement animal rights activist , was a member of the Council of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and was president of numerous societies. He was already at a time Bedfürworter an independence of India than in England hardly anyone raised his voice for it.
In addition, Greenwood is one of the first and most important advocates of the Shakespeare authorship debate and published numerous books and articles on the subject. He was a frequent correspondent for the Times on the subject and animal welfare.
Works
Greenwood wrote twelve books and numerous articles between 1908 and 1924 on the subject of Shakespeare authorship .
A prolific and entertaining writer, he engaged in public debates, forums, newspapers and literary magazines, etc. a. with the then leading Shakespeare biographer Sidney Lee
Even if Greenwood was considered the most important so-called " anti-Stratfordian " in the early 20th century , he has always refused to favor a specific alternative candidate. He preferred to be counted among the agnostics about the identity of Shakespeare , but was always offensive in the view that the traditional view of the "Stratfordians" about the identity of William Shakespeare cannot be held or defended. In 1922, together with Looney, he founded The Shakespeare Fellowship , which had set itself the task of promoting the public discussion and scientific processing of Shakespeare's authorship question.
His major publications include:
- The Shakespeare Problem Restated (1908) Reprinted 1937 to date
- In re Shakespeare: Beeching vs Greenwood (1909)
- The Vindicators of Shakespeare (1911)
- Is there a Shakespeare problem? (1916)
- Letters to The Nation and the Literary Guide (1915-1916)
- Shakespeare's Law and Latin (1916)
- Shakespeare's Law (1920)
- Shakspere's Handwriting (1920)
- Ben Johnson and Shakespeare (1921)
- Smithson Baconian Essays (Introduction and two essays) (1922)
- Lee, Shakespeare and a Tertium Quid (1923)
- Shakespeare's Signature and "Sir Thomas More" (1924).
literature
- Michael D. Bristol, Sir George Greenwood's Marginalia in the Folger Copy of Mark Twain's Is Shakespeare Dead? , Shakespeare Quarterly 1998
- Diana Price, Reconsidering Shakespeare's Monument , The Review of English Studies 1997
- Richmond Crinkley, New Perspectives on The Authorship Question , Shakespeare Quarterly 1985
Web links
Individual evidence and notes
- ^ Sidney Lee, A Life of William Shakespeare . Smith Elder and Co, London 1900
- ^ Sidney Lee, Stratford-on-Avon from the earliest times to the death of Shakespeare. Seeley and Co., London 1907
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Greenwood, George |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Greenwood, Sir Granville George (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English politician, member of the House of Commons, Shakespeare researcher, lawyer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 3, 1850 |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 27, 1928 |