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Neilson, William Allan

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American lexicographer (1869–1946)

Born 1869
Died 1946

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  • Cover of: The facts about Shakespeare.

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  • Cover of: The origins and sources of the Court of love

    First published in 1899 — 4 editions
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    First published in 1932 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The chief Elizabethan dramatists: excluding Shakespeare; selected plays by Lyly, Peele, Greene, Marlowe, Kyd, Chapman, Jonson, Dekker, Marston, Heywood, Beaumont, Fletcher, Webster, Middleton, Massinger, Ford, Shirley. Edited from the original quartos and folios, with notes, biographies and bibliographies.

    First published in 1939 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The chief Elizabethan dramatists, excluding Shakespeare

    First published in 1911 — 3 editions
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    First published in 1940 — 3 editions
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    First published in 1957 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1917 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The chief Elizabethan dramatists: excluding Shakespeare, selected plays by Lyly, Peele, Greene, Marlowe, Kyd, Chapman, Jonson, Dekker, Marston, Heywood, Beaumont, Fletcher, Webster, Middleton, Messinger, Ford, Shirley

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    First published in 1918 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1950 — 1 edition
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We need a photo of Neilson, William Allan

American lexicographer (1869–1946)

Born 1869
Died 1946

Subjects

Dictionaries, English language, Biography, English drama, Criticism and interpretation, English literature, Poetry, Children's literature, Early modern and Elizabethan, Harvard classics, History and criticism, Universities and colleges, Collections, Courtly love in literature, Courts of love, Courts of love in literature, Dictionaries, indexes, Encyclopedias and dictionaries, English Dramatists, English poetry, Fiction, German fiction, Higher Education, Manners and customs, Refugees

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India, Italy, Padua, University of Padua

People

Robert Burns (1759-1796), William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Beatrice Rappaccini, Geoffrey Chaucer (d. 1400), Giacomo Rappaccini, Giovanni Guasconti

Time

Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600, 19th century, Early modern, 1500-1700, Middle English, 1100-1500

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Alternative names

  • William A. Neilson
  • William Allan Neilson

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July 6, 2024 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
April 14, 2024 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ids
June 6, 2012 Edited by VacuumBot Removed period from death date
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import