Sidney Lee
Sir Sidney Lazarus Lee (born December 5, 1859 in London ; † March 3, 1926 there ) was a British biographer and literary historian.
Life
He was also the editor of the Dictionary of National Biography and published a. a. Stratford-on-Avon (new ed. 1890) and Shakespeare .
From 1913 to 1924 he was Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of London. In 1910 he was elected to the British Academy and in 1914 to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .
Works
- A life of William Shakespeare . Smith, Elder & Co. , London 1898 (German 1900).
- Queen Victoria : a biography . Smith, Elder & Co., London 1902.
- Great Englishmen of the Sixteenth Century , London: Archibald Constable, 1904.
- Shakespeare and the Modern Stage , John Murray, London 1906; Reprint: Elibron classics, 2001. ISBN 1-4021-6619-2
- Life of King Edward VII : A Biography , 2 volumes, London 1925, 1927.
literature
- CH Firth : Sir Sidney Lee, 1859-1926 . Proceedings of the British Academy, 15 (1929)
- Alan Bell, Katherine Duncan-Jones: Lee, Sir Sidney (1859-1926) . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
Web links
- Literature by and about Sidney Lee in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Deceased Fellows. British Academy, accessed June 27, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lee, Sidney |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lee, Sir Sidney Lazarus (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British biographer and literary historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 5, 1859 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 3, 1926 |
| Place of death | London |