Steevens, George
Record IDcnp01883488
URIhttp://data.cerl.org/thesaurus/cnp01883488
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Biographical Data1736 - 1800
Place of BirthLondon
Place of DeathHampstead
Last Edit2024-04-08
General Note
Commentateur de l'oeuvre de William Shakespeare.
Literary editor and scholar, commentator on the work of Shakespeare. Born London 1736. Educated Eton College, fellow-commoner of King's College, Cambridge 1753-6, but left without taking a degree. Settled in London 1756. Helped Samuel Johnson with his edition of Shakespeare, published 1765. Published his own edition of Shakespeare 1766. Fellow of the Royal Society and of the Society of Antiquaries 1767. Published another edition of Shakespeare 1793. Chiefly remembered for his hoaxes and attacks on his contemporaries, but praised for his generosity. Died Hampstead 1800. His considerable library was auctioned in 1800, in 1943 lots.
Existe un George Steevens (1736-1800), comentarista de Shakespeare. Han aparecido distintas formas de exlibris y no es seguro que se refieran a la misma persona.
Brit. Herausgeber, Büchersammler (Schwerpunkt elisabethanische Literatur), 1767 Wahl zum Fellow der Royal Society, Herausgeber und Kommentator einer englischen Shakespeare-Gesamtausgabe (Johnson's and Steeven's Edition). Provenienzmerkmal: Stempel
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Further Biographical Data1736-1800
Dates of ActivitySiglo XVII-XVIII
Intellectual ResponsibilityAuteur
Primary Language(s)English
ActivityPersonen zu Literaturwissenschaft (Literaturwissenschaftler) (12.1p) (sswd)
Herausgeber (gnd)
commentateur de Shakespeare, et dessinateur amateur
Geographic NoteGB (iso3166)
Great Britain
NationalityBritish
Sign, Mark, Device etc.Sello: «G. STEEVENS» (BG/10896) . Exlibris heráldico, con la inscripción: «Geoe. Steevens» – Exlibris Imagen BG/11942 (Please browse through register by name.); BG/10896 (Please browse through register by name.)
Sign, Mark, Device etc.Provenance mark – Sign [Les Marques de Collections de Dessins & d’Estampes, L.1213] Image and description
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HeadingSteevens, George
used in: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris; Integrated Authority File (GND), Germany; British Library: English Short Title Catalogue - AACR2 Heading, London (United Kingdom); Common Library Network (GBV), Göttingen (Germany); The University of Aberdeen Library; Universidad de Salamanca, Spain; Les Marques de collections de dessins & d’estampes, Fondation Custodia
used in: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris; Integrated Authority File (GND), Germany; British Library: English Short Title Catalogue - AACR2 Heading, London (United Kingdom); Common Library Network (GBV), Göttingen (Germany); The University of Aberdeen Library; Universidad de Salamanca, Spain; Les Marques de collections de dessins & d’estampes, Fondation Custodia
Variant NameSteevens, ...
Steevens, G.
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Found inDNB= Steevens, George, 1736.5.10 - 1800.1.22; commentator on Shakespeare. — Oxford companion to English lit., 1991. — The Johnson-Steevens edition of the plays of William Shakespeare, 1995 [reprod. de l'éd. de 1778-1780]. — LOC. — DNB. — LoC-NA. — Oxf. companion, Dict. nat. biogr.. — Wikipedia: Stand: 18.06.2021: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Steevens
Imprint SourcesJohnson, Samuel: Merchant of Venice. - 1830
Shakespeare, William: Julius Caesar. - 1877
Shakespeare, William: Macbeth. - 1778
Shakespeare, William: Plays. - 1766
Shakespeare, William: The dramatic works. - 1802
Shakespeare, William: Twenty of the plays of Shakespeare
To the public. Had the last editor of the plays of Shakespeare met with the assistance he had reason to expect, 1766 [a circular by George Steevens]
George Steevens
[William Evans (floruit 1797-1856), after Johann Zoffany (1733-1810), stipple and line engraving, / Based on this portrait at the National Portrait Gallery -- Public domain -- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George Steevens.JPG]
[William Evans (floruit 1797-1856), after Johann Zoffany (1733-1810), stipple and line engraving, / Based on this portrait at the National Portrait Gallery -- Public domain -- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George Steevens.JPG]
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The University of Aberdeen, Provenance
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