Sir Sidney Lee

Lee, Sir Sidney

Lee, Sir Sidney (1859–1926), a member of the editorial staff of the DNB from the beginning, joint editor in 1890, and sole editor from 1891. His publications include Stratford-on-Avon from the Earliest Times to the Death of Shakespeare (1885, new edn 1906), Life of William Shakespeare (1898, rev. edn 1925), Great Englishmen of the 16th Century (1904).

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Sir Sidney Lee

Sir Sidney Lee 1859–1926, English editor and author. He was editor (1891–1901) of the Dictionary of National Biography but is best known for his Life of William Shakespeare (1898, rev. ed. 1925), which was an enlargement of his work for the Dictionary. Lee was knighted in 1911.

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