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William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
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The great English playwright and poet William Shakespeare was famously tagged in the First Folio of his plays (1623) by his fellow author, the classically learned Ben Jonson, as having…

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Herron, Thomas, “William Shakespeare (1564–1616)”, in: Brill’s Encyclopaedia of the Neo-Latin World, General Editor Craig Kallendorf. Consulted online on 02 October 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004271296_enlo_B9789004271029_0150>
First published online: 2014
First print edition: ISBN:9789004265721



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