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Edward Dowden

Irish critic and poet (1843-1913)

1843 – 1913

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Works (1)

Shakspere: A Critical Study of His Mind and Art1875

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Anster, John
Armstrong, Edmund John (DNB00)
Butler, William Archer (DNB00)
Shakspere: A Critical Study of His Mind and Art
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Scylla and Charybdis

Subject of

Dowden
1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Dowden, Edward
Dowden, Edward
The New Student's Reference Work/Dowden, Edward
Portrait of Edward Dowden (1843-1913), Poet and Scholar

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Portrait of Edward Dowden (1843-1913), Poet and Scholar

Parent of

Hester Dowden

poet, university teacher, writer, literary historian, literary scholar

Edward Dowden — Billinghurst · CC BY-SA 3.0 · via Wikimedia Commons

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Born: 3 May 1843, Cork
Died: 4 April 1913, London
Citizenship: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Educated at: Trinity College, Dublin
Genre: poetry
Employer: University of Oxford
Awards: Cunningham Medal, Taylorian Lecture
child: Hester Dowden
contributed to creative work: Dictionary of National Biography
described by source: Otto's encyclopedia, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Library of the World's Best Literature, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Dictionary of National Biography, third supplement, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The New Student's Reference Work
family name: Dowden
given name: Edward
has works in the collection: Tate
instance of: human
interested in: English studies
languages spoken, written or signed: English
name in native language: Edward Dowden
nominated for: Nobel Prize in Literature
sex or gender: male
sibling: John Dowden
writing language: English

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Edward Dowden (; 3 May 1843 – 4 April 1913) was an Irish critic, professor, and poet.

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