R. A. Foakes
English author and Shakesperian scholar
About R. A. Foakes
Lived 1923 – 2013 (aged 90). R. A. Foakes was a British literary historian, university teacher, writer and literary scholar.
Reginald A. Foakes (18October 192322December 2013) was an English author and Shakespeare scholar. He has published works on Shakespeare and the Romantic poets and edited many of Shakespeare's plays in the Arden and New Cambridge editions. He also helped found the Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon. He was Professor Emeritus in the department of English literature at UCLA. He died at his home in Stratford-upon-Avon.
Beyond Shakespeare, his scholarly work also included editing the theatrical papers of Philip Henslowe, work on Samuel Taylor Coleridge's literary criticism.
In 2001, the University of Birmingham gave Foakes an honorary degree in honor of the 50th anniversary of their Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Who was R. A. Foakes?
English author and Shakesperian scholar (1923–2013)
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R. A. Foakes was born on 18 October 1923 in West Bromwich.
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R. A. Foakes died on 24 December 2013 in Stratford-upon-Avon.
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R. A. Foakes was a literary historian, university teacher, writer and literary scholar.
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R. A. Foakes was British.
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