Clarke, Charles Cowden

Clarke, Charles Cowden
(1787-1877)
   Writer on Shakespeare, was a publisher in London. He lectured on Shakespeare and on European literature. Latterly he lived in France and Italy. His wife, MARY C.-C. (1809-1898), dau. of V. Novello, musician, compiled a complete Concordance to Shakespeare (1844-45), and wrote The Shakespeare Key (1879) and, with her husband, Recollections of Writers (1878).

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  • CLARKE, MARY COWDEN —    née Novello, of Italian descent, wife of Charles Cowden, assisted her husband in his Shakespeare studies, and produced amid other works Concordance to Shakespeare, a work which occupied her 16 years (1809 1898) …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

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  • Charles Clarke (disambiguation) — Charles Clarke (born 1950) is a British Member of Parliament. Charles Clarke may also refer to: Charles Clarke (Canadian politician) (1826–1909), former speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Canada Charles Clarke (botanist), Australian… …   Wikipedia

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  • Clarke — biographical name Charles Cowden 1787 1877 & his wife Mary Victoria Cowden Clarke 1809 1898 English Shakespearean scholars …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Charles Jeremiah Wells — (1798? – February 17, 1879) was an English poet. Life He was born in London, probably in the year 1798. He was educated at Cowden Clarke s school at Edmonton, with Tom Keats, the younger brother of the poet, and with RH Horne. He …   Wikipedia

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