HORACE HOWARD FURNESS
\hˈɔːɹɪs hˈa͡ʊəd fˈɜːnəs], \hˈɔːɹɪs hˈaʊəd fˈɜːnəs], \h_ˈɔː_ɹ_ɪ_s h_ˈaʊ_ə_d f_ˈɜː_n_ə_s]\
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An American Shakespearean scholar and editor, son of William H.; born in Philadelphia, Nov. 2, 1833. He graduated from Harvard in 1854; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1859. The honorary degree of Ph.D. was conferred upon him by the University of Gottingen in recognition of his services to Shakespearean literature. He is the editor of the exhaustive New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare, eight volumes of which have appeared since 1871.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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