G. Blakemore Evans

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Gwynne Blakemore Evans (31 March 1912 – 23 December 2005) was an American scholar of Elizabethan literature best known for editing the Riverside Shakespeare edition in 1974.

Biography

Evans was born on 31 March 1912 in

honoris causa
.

From 1942 to 1945, Evans served in the United States Army Signal Corps Intelligence during World War II at Bletchley Park in England, a centre of Allied spying and decoding and became a sergeant.[1]

After the war, Evans became a professor of English literature, working at the

University of Illinois, and finally Harvard University, where he became Cabot Professor
.

Evan's first book was The Plays and Poems of William Cartwright (1951), an edition of the obscure poet and playwright William Cartwright. He also edited Shakespeare Prompt-Books of the 17th Century (1960–80), a series of editions of rare promptbooks.

His popular edition of Shakespeare's complete works, the Riverside Shakespeare, was published in 1974 by

New Cambridge Shakespeare
.

Gwynne Blakemore Evans died on December 23, 2005, aged 93 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[2]

Legacy

Evans's last book was The Poems of Robert Parry, a study of the little-known poet Robert Parry.

References

  1. ^ 2 Guggenheim Fellowships Go To U. W. Men", The Capital Times, Madison, Wisconsin, volume 59, number 122, April 13, 1947, pages 1 and 6. (subscription required)
  2. ^ Wolfgang Saxon (January 11, 2006). "G. Blakemore Evans, 93, Shakespeare Scholar, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-10-06.