DELIA BACON
\dˈiːli͡ə bˈe͡ɪkən], \dˈiːliə bˈeɪkən], \d_ˈiː_l_iə b_ˈeɪ_k_ə_n]\
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An American writer (1811-59), daughter of Leonard Bacon. She is best remembered for her "Philosophy of the Plays of Shakespeare" (1857); to which Nathaniel Hawthorne (without concurring) wrote a preface, and which brought into prominence the Bacon-Shakespeare controversy.
By Charles Dudley Warner
