Shakespeare

Shakepeare Authorship Question

By nataliemartin

  • Rev. James Wilmot, D.D.

    Rev. James Wilmot, D.D.
    Rev. James Wilmot, D.D. claims Sir Franis Bacon wrote the works of Shakespeare ("Shakespeare-Oxford Society").
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  • Putnam's Monthly

    Putnam's Monthly
    In the January issue of "Putnam’s Monthly" Delia Bacon states her opinion that Sir Francis Bacon wrote as Shakespeare in “Shakespeare and His Plays: An Inquiry Concerning Them” ("The Debate Continues").
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  • James Greenstreet

    James Greenstreet
    James Greenstreet, a British archivist, proposed William Stanley was a possible author through essays in "The Genealogist" ("The Debate Continues").
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  • It Was Marlowe: A Story of the Secret of Three Centuries

    It Was Marlowe: A Story of the Secret of Three Centuries
    "It Was Marlowe: A Story of the Secret of Three Centuries", a novel by Wilbur Ziegler, proposed a group including Chiristpher Marlowe of authors were responsible for Shakespeare's work ("Shakespeare-Oxford Society").
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  • Sir George Greenwood

    Sir George Greenwood
    Sir George Greenwood, scholar and Member of British Parliament, questions Shakespeare's authorship in his book, The Shakespeare Problem Restated. Greenwood wrote multiple jobs on the subject ("The Debate Continues").
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  • Robert Fraser

    Robert Fraser
    The Derbyite theory, suggesting that William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby, was the true author of Shakespeare's literature is revisited In "The Silent Shakespeare" by Robert Fraser ("Shakespeare-Oxford Society").
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  • J. Thomas Looney

    J. Thomas Looney
    J. Thomas Looney, British schoolmaster and scholar, evolved the theory of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford. He expreses this theory in "Shakespeare" ("The Debate Continues").
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  • Sigmund Freud

    Sigmund Freud
    Sigmund Freud adopts J. Thomas Looney’s theory on the 17th Earl of Oxford ("Authorship timeline").
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  • George Elliot Sweet

    George Elliot Sweet
    George Elliot Sweet’s "Shakespeare the Mystery" presents the case for Queen Elizabeth as an author ("Shakespeare-Oxford Society").
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  • The Moot Court Debate

    The Moot Court Debate
    The Moot Court Debate in Washington DC occurs. Two of three justices of the U.S. Supreme Court vote for Shakespeare barely, but express interest in Edward de Vere as an option ("Authorship timeline").
    Image: (Edward De Vere)