Edward Arber
Edward Arber | |
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| Born | 4 December 1836 London, England |
| Died | 23 November 1912 (aged 75) |
| Occupation | English academic and writer |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | British |
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| Spouse | Married in 1869 |
| Children | Two children including E. A. N. Arber |
Edward Arber (4 December 1836 – 23 November 1912[1]) was an English scholar, writer, and editor.
Background and professional work
Arber was born in
From 1878 to 1881 he studied English literature, under
Scholarly edits
As a scholarly editor, Arber made notable contributions to
Anthologies and bibliographies
In his eight volume English Garner (1877–1890) Arber collected rare old tracts and poems, "ingatherings from our history and literature". Between 1899 and 1901 he issued the ten volume British Anthologies set:
- 1) The Dunbar Anthology
- 2) The Surrey and Wyatt Anthology
- 3) The Spenser Anthology[4]
- 4) The Shakespeare Anthology
- 5) The Jonson Anthology
- 6) The Milton Anthology
- 7) The Dryden Anthology
- 8) The Pope Anthology
- 9) The Goldsmith Anthology
- 10) The Cowper Anthology
During and after the first World War, T.S. Eliot used to recommend The Shakespeare Anthology for students of his University Extension classes on Elizabethan Literature in London.[5] In 1907 Arber began a series called A Christian Library. He was the sole editor of two vast English bibliographies: A Transcript of the Registers of the Stationers' Company, 1553–1640 (1875–1894), and The Term Catalogues, 1668–1709/11.[3][6]
References
- ^ Who's Who 1914
- ^ a b The Papers of Edward Alexander Newell Arber, Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge
- ^ a b c Chisholm 1911.
- ^ The Spenser Anthology (1899), Internet Archive
- ^ Clare Bucknell. The Treasuries: Poetry Anthologies and the Making of British Culture (2023), p. 7
- ^ The Term Catalogues, 1668–1709, With a Number for Easter Term, 1711 A.D. A Contemporary Bibliography of English Literature in the Reigns of Charles II, James II, William and Mary, and Anne, ed. Edward Arber, vols 1–3. London: Edward Arber, 1903/ 1905/ 1906.
Attribution:
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Arber, Edward". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 323.
External links
Media related to Edward Arber at Wikimedia Commons- Works by Edward Arber at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Edward Arber at Internet Archive
- The Term Catalogues, 1668–1709, With a Number for Easter Term, 1711 A.D. A Contemporary Bibliography of English Literature in the Reigns of Charles II, James II, William and Mary, and Anne. Ed. by Edward Arber, vols. 1–3. London: 1903/ 1905/ 1906. Scan of volume 1, 1668–1682.
