WW Greg

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Sir Walter Wilson Greg , also WW Greg , ( July 9, 1875 at Wimbledon Common until March 4, 1959 ) was a British Shakespeare scholar .

Life

Greg was born at Wimbledon Common in 1875 . His father, William Rathbone Greg , was a writer. His mother Julia Wilson was the daughter of the Scottish banker James Wilson . He is known as the founder of Standard Chartered Bank and The Economist . Greg should even publish the magazine founded by his grandfather and therefore studied in Wixenford , Harrow and at Trinity College of Cambridge University . In Cambridge he met Ronald Brunlees McKerrow . The friendship with him strengthened his decision to become a literary scholar. As a youth he made a list of all Renaissance dramas printed before 1700 and became a member of the Bibliographical Society , of which he was president from 1930 to 1932. In 1935 he was awarded the Society's Gold Medal. After completing his studies, he led a scientifically productive life as a private scholar and earned his living from his holdings in The Economist .

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In collaboration with AH Bullen he wrote Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama (1906), edited the diary of Philip Henslowe (1906/08) and the notes of Edward Alleyn . Working on these works helped him gain a deeper knowledge of the theater practice of the Renaissance period, which he used for his work as editor of the Malone Society from 1906 to 1939. From 1907 to 1913 he was a librarian at Trinity College. He gave up this position after his marriage to his cousin Elizabeth Gaskell. As a private scholar, Greg edited The Merry Wives of Windsor (1910), Robert Greenes Orlando Furioso , George Peeles The Battle of Alcazar and the drama Sir Thomas More (1911). After a long break from editing, he edited Marlowe's Doctor Faustus in 1950 .

Greg's contributions to Renaissance theater practice included the studies Dramatic Documents from the Elizabethan Playhouses (1931) and English Literary Autographs, 1550–1650 (1932). In his book The Variants in the First Quarto of King Lear (1940) he was a careful examination of the first quarto of King Lear . Among his many reviews, the criticism of J. Churton Collins's 1906 edition of the works of Robert Greene stands out.

From around 1940 he began work on his extensive works The Editorial Problem in Shakespeare (1951), The Shakespeare First Folio: Its Bibliographical and Textual History (1955), Some Aspects and Problems of London Publishing, 1550-1650 (1954) and the essay The rationale of copy-text (1950), which had a formative influence on the development of textual criticism and provided fundamental concepts for the so-called New Bibliography. Together with Alfred W. Pollard , he made important contributions to the understanding of the tradition of Shakespeare's texts. His most extensive work, A Bibliography of the English Printed Drama to the Restoration, appeared in four volumes between 1939 and 1959. 1954/55 he taught as a lecturer in bibliography at Oxford University.

1950 Greg was beaten for his scientific merits to the Knight Bachelor ("Sir"). Since 1928 he was a member ( fellow ) of the British Academy .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Greg, Walter Wilson . In: John Archibald Venn (Ed.): Alumni Cantabrigienses . A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900. Part 2: From 1752 to 1900 , Volume 3 : Gabb – Justamond . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1947, pp. 140 ( venn.lib.cam.ac.uk Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  2. ^ Past Presidents of The Bibliographical Society
  3. ^ Gold Medalists of The Bibliographical Society
  4. ^ Deceased Fellows. British Academy, accessed June 3, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Greg, WW
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Greg, Walter Wilson (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British Shakespeare scholar
DATE OF BIRTH July 9, 1875
PLACE OF BIRTH Wimbledon Common
DATE OF DEATH March 4th 1959