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George Lyman Kittredge

George Lyman Kittredge , 1860-1941, American scholar, b. Boston. A member of the Harvard faculty (1888-1936), Kittredge was a noted authority on the English language, Shakespeare and Chaucer. His one-volume edition of the complete works of Shakespeare appeared in 1936. He began a more detailed edition of the separate plays in 1939, which was not completed. His books on English include The Mother Tongue (with Sarah Arnold; 1900).

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Kittredge, George Lyman (1860–1941), author. The distinguished American scholar taught Shakespeare and early English literature at Harvard. His writings, such as his 1916 Shakespeare and his monographs, were often referred to by producers and actors planning Shakespearean revivals.

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Kittredge, George Lyman (1860–1941), authority on Shakespeare and early English literature, professor at Harvard (1888–1936) whose teaching and writing had a profound influence on American scholarship. His works include The Old Farmer and His Almanack (1904), Chaucer and His Poetry (1915), Shakspere (1916), A Study of Gawain and the Green Knight (1916), and Witchcraft in Old and New England (1929).

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