James Halliwell-Phillipps
James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps | |
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 Halliwell in 1863 | |
| Born | James Orchard Halliwell 21 June 1820 London, England |
| Died | 3 January 1889 (aged 68) East Sussex, England |
| Resting place | All Saints Church, Patcham 50°51′59.77″N 0°9′2.54″W / 50.8666028°N 0.1507056°W |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Jesus College, Cambridge |
| Occupation(s) | Scholar, author |
| Known for | Writing on William Shakespeare |
James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (born James Orchard Halliwell; 21 June 1820 – 3 January 1889) was an English
Life
The son of Thomas Halliwell, he was born in London and was educated privately and at
In 1841, while at Cambridge, Halliwell dedicated his book Reliquae Antiquae to Sir
In 1842, Halliwell published the first edition of Nursery Rhymes of England followed by Nursery Rhymes and Nursery Tales, containing the first printed version of the
From 1845 Halliwell was excluded from the library of the British Museum on account of the suspicion concerning his possession of some manuscripts which had been removed from the library of Trinity College, Cambridge. He published privately an explanation of the matter in 1845.[4][8] Halliwell also had a habit, detested by bibliophiles, of cutting up seventeenth-century books and pasting parts he liked into scrapbooks. During his life he destroyed 800 books and made 3,600 scraps.[5]
In 1848 he published his Life of Shakespeare, illustrated by
He assumed the name of Phillipps in 1872, under the will of the grandfather of his first wife, Henrietta Phillipps. He took an active interest in the Camden Society, the Percy Society and the Shakespeare Society, for which he edited many early English and Elizabethan works. He died on 3 January 1889, and was buried in Patcham churchyard, near Hollingbury in East Sussex.[9]
His house, Hollingbury Copse, near Brighton, was full of rare and curious works, and he generously gave many of them to Chetham's Library,[10] Manchester, to the Morrab Library of Penzance, to the Smithsonian Institution, and to the library of the University of Edinburgh.[4][11][12]
Works
His publications in all numbered more than sixty volumes, including:
- (1840). The Connexion of Wales with the early Science of England.
- (1840). A Few Notes on the History of the Discovery of the Composition of Water.
- (1841). Shakespeariana. J. R. Smith (reissued by ISBN 978-1-108-00002-4)
- (1842). Cambridge Jokes: From the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century. Thomas Stevenson, Tilt and Bogue (reissued by ISBN 978-1-108-00122-9)
- (1842). An Account of the European Manuscripts in the Chetham Library, Manchester.
- (1843). The Nursery Rhymes of England, obtained principally from oral tradition.
- (1843). A Collection of Pieces in the Dialect of Zummerzet.
- (1846). A Dictionary of Archaic & Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs & Ancient Customs, From the Fourteenth Century, Volume I A-I
- (1847). A Dictionary of Archaic & Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs & Ancient Customs, From the Fourteenth Century, Volume II J-Z
- (1847). An historical sketch of the Provincial Dialects of England, illustrated by numerous examples.
- (1848). Some account of the Vernon Manuscript, a volume of early English poetry preserved in the Bodleian Library.
- (1849). Notices of the History and Antiquities of Islip.
- (1849). Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales: a sequel to The Nursery Rhymes of England.
- (1851). Notes on Ascertaining the Value, and Directions for the Preservation, of Old Books, Manuscripts, Deeds and Family Papers.
- (1854). Brief Observations on some Ancient Systems of Notation.
- (1855). Contributions to English Lexicography.
- (1856). A Catalogue of an Unique Collection of Ancient English Broadside Ballads, with notes of the tunes and imprints.
- (1859). An Introduction to the Evidences of Christianity.
- (1860). Notes of Family Excursions in North Wales, taken chiefly from Rhyl, Abergele, Llandudno, and Bangor.
- (1860). A Skeleton Hand-List of the Early Quarto editions of the Plays of Shakespeare; with notices of the old impressions of the Poems.
- (1861). Rambles in Western Cornwall by the Footsteps of the Giants; with notes on the Celtic remains of the Land's End district and the Islands of Scilly.
- (1863). A Calendar of the Records at Stratford-on-Avon
- (1864). An Historical Account of the New Place, Stratford-Upon-Avon, the Last Residence of Shakespeare[13]
- (1866). A Hand-Book Index to the Works of Shakespeare: Including References to the Phrases, Manners, Customs, Proverbs, Songs, Particles, &c., Which Are Used or Alluded to by the Great Dramatist. J.E. Adlard (reissued by ISBN 978-1-108-00121-2)
- (1884). The Stratford Records and the Shakespeare Autotypes. A brief review of singular delusions that are current at Stratford-on-Avon
Notes
- ^ Torrent of Portugal. London: John Russell Smith. 1842.
- ^ Shakespeare in folio
- ^ Outlines of the Life of Shakespeare
References
- ^ . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ "Halliwell (post Phillipps and Halliwell-Phillipps), James Orchard (HLWL836JO)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Douglas Wertheimer, "J.O. Halliwell's Contributions to 'The Parthenon' -- 1836-37," Victorian Periodicals Newsletter vol. 8 (March 1975), pp. 3-6.
- ^ a b c d One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Halliwell-Phillipps, James Orchard". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 857.
- ^ ISBN 9780230109414.
- ^ Ashliman, Professor D. L. "Three Little Pigs and other folktales of Aarne-Thompson-Uther type 124". Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts. University of Pittsburgh. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
- ^ Halliwell, James Orchard (1842). The Nursery Rhymes of England. London: Richards. pp. 127–128.
- ^ Statement in answer to reports which have been spread abroad against Mr. James Orchard Halliwell. (Anonymous) Islip, Oxfordshire (printer W. A. Wright, London). 26 July 1845.
- ^ James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps: the life and works of the Shakespearean scholar and bookman. Oak Knoll Press. 2001. p. 583.
- ^ The Halliwell-Phillipps Collection, Chetham's Library Archived 28 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Collection of James O. Halliwell-Phillipps, Edinburgh University Library
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- ^ "James Orchard Halliwell - An Historical account of the New Place, Stratford-upon-Avon, the last residence of Shakespeare / by James O. Halliwell". www.rct.uk. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
Further reading
- Spevack, Martin, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps: The Life and Works (2001), Oak Knoll Press.
- Justin Winsor (1881) Halliwelliana: A Bibliography of the Publications of James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Harvard University Press (Google eBook)
External links
Works by or about James Halliwell-Phillipps at Wikisource
- Works by James Halliwell-Phillipps at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about James Halliwell-Phillipps at Internet Archive
- Works by James Halliwell-Phillipps at Open Library
- Full texts by James Halliwell-Phillipps
- Letters of the kings of England, now first collected from royal archives Cornell University Library Historical Monographs Collection. {Reprinted by} Cornell University Library Digital Collections
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