EDMOND See also:

• MALONE
• EDMOND MALONE (1741-1812)

MALONE (1741-1812)  , Irish Shakespearian See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar and editor, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• DUBLIN

Dublin, on the 4th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1741, the son of a See also:

• BARRISTER

barrister and a member of the Irish See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of See also:

• COMMONS

Commons . He was educated at Trinity See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, Dublin, and was called to the Irish See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar in 1767 . The See also:

• DEATH

death of his See also:

• FATHER

father in 1774 assured him a competency, and he went to See also:

• LONDON

London, where he frequented See also:

• LITERARY

literary and See also:

• ARTISTIC

artistic circles . He frequently visited Dr See also:

• JOHNSON, ANDREW
• JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
• JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
• JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
• JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
• JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
• JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
• JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
• JOHNSON, THOMAS

Johnson and was of See also:

• GREAT

great assistance to See also:

• BOSWELL, JAMES (1740-1795)

Boswell in revising and See also:

• PROOF (in M. Eng. preove, proeve, preve, &°c., from O. Fr . prueve, proeve, &c., mod. preuve, Late. Lat. proba, probate, to prove, to test the goodness of anything, probus, good)

proof-See also:

• READING

reading his See also:

• LIFE

Life, four of the later See also:

• EDITIONS

editions of which he annotated . He was intimate with See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• JOSHUA, BOOK OF

Joshua See also:

• REYNOLDS, JOHN FULTON (182o-1863)
• REYNOLDS, SIR JOSHUA (1723-1792)
• REYNOLDS, WALTER (d. 1327)

Reynolds, to whom he sat for a portrait now in the See also:

• NATIONAL

National Portrait See also:

• GALLERY (through Ital. galleria, from Med. Lat. galeria, of which the origin is unknown)

Gallery . He was one of Reynolds' executors, and published a See also:

• POSTHUMOUS

posthumous collection of his See also:

• WORKS

works (1798) with a memoir . See also:

• HORACE [QuINTus HORATIUS FLACCUS] (65-8 B.C.)

Horace See also:

• WALPOLE, HORATIO
• WALPOLE, SIR SPENCER (1839-1907)

Walpole, See also:

• BURKE
• BURKE, ROBERT
• BURKE, SIR JOHN BERNARD (1814–1892)
• BURKE, WILLIAM (1792–1829)

Burke, See also:

• CANNING, CHARLES JOHN, EARL (1812-1862)
• CANNING, GEORGE (1770-1827)

Canning, See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• CHARLEMONT, JAMES CAULFEILD, 1ST EARL

Charlemont, and, at first, See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• STEEVENS, GEORGE (1736-1800)
• STEEVENS, GEORGE WARRINGTON (1869-1900)

Steevens, were among See also:

• MALONE
• MALONE, EDMOND (1741-1812)

Malone's See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends . Encouraged by the two last he devoted himself to the study of Shakespearian See also:

• CHRONOLOGY (Gr. xpovo?oyfa, computation of time, xp6vos)

chronology, and the results of his " See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

Attempt to ascertain the See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

Order in which the Plays of See also:

• SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616)

Shakespeare were written " (1778) are still largely accepted . This was followed in 178o by two supplementary volumes to Steevens's version of Dr Johnson's Shakespeare, partly consisting of observations on the See also:

• HISTORY

history of the Elizabethan See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage, and of the See also:

• TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

text of doubtful plays; and this again, in 1783, by an appendix See also:

• VOLUME

volume . His refusal to alter some of his notes to See also:

• ISAAC (Hebrew for " he laughs," on explanatory references to the name, see ABRAHAM)

Isaac See also:

• REED
• REED, ANDREW (1787-1862)
• REED, ISAAC (1742—1807)
• REED, JOSEPH (1741—1785)
• REED, THOMAS BRACKETT (1839—1902)

Reed's edition of 1785, which disagreed with . Steevens's, resulted in a See also:

• QUARREL

quarrel with the latter . The next seven years were devoted to Malone's own edition of Shakespeare in eleven volumes, of which his essays on the history of the stage, his See also:

• BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

biography of Shakespeare, and his attack on the genuineness of the three parts of See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry VI., were especially valuable.' His editorial See also:

• WORK

work was lauded by Burke, criticized by Walpole and damned by See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph See also:

• RITSON, JOSEPH (r7.52-1803)

Ritson .

It certainly showed indefatigable See also:

• RESEARCH (O. Fr. recerche, from recercher, re- and cercer, mod. chercher, to search; Late Lat. circare, to go round in a circle, to explore)

research and proper respect for the text of the earlier editions . Malone published a denial of the claim to antiquity of the See also:

• ROWLEY, WILLIAM (c. 1585-c. 1642)

Rowley poems (see See also:

• CHATTERTON, THOMAS (1752-1770)

CHATTERTON), and in this (1782) as in his See also:

• BRANDING (from Teutonic brinnan, to burn)

branding (1796) of the See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland See also:

• MSS

MSS . (see IRELAND, See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

WILLIAM HENRY) as forgeries, he was among the first to guess and See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state the truth . His elaborate edition of See also:

• DRYDEN, JOHN (1631-1700)

Dryden's works (1800), with a memoir, was another See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument to his See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry, accuracy and scholarly care . In 18oI the university of Dublin made him an LL.D . At the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of his death, on the 25th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1812, Malone was at work on a new See also:

• OCTAVO

octavo edition of Shakespeare, and he See also:

• LEFT

left his material to See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James Boswell the younger; the result was the edition of 1821—generally known as the Third Variorum edition—in twenty-one volumes . Lord Sunderlin (1738-1816), his See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder See also:

• BROTHER

brother and executor, presented the larger See also:

• PART

part of Malone's splendid collection of books, including dramatic varieties, to the Bodleian Library, which afterwards bought many of his MS. notes and his literary See also:

• CORRESPONDENCE
• CORRESPONDENCE (from med. scholastic Lat. correspondentia, corrcspondere, compounded of Lat. cum, with, and respond ere, to answer; cf. Fr. correspondance)

correspondence . The See also:

• BRITISH

British Museum also owns some of his letters and his annotated copy of Johnson's See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary . A memoir of Malone by James Boswell is included in the Prolegomena tc the edition of 1821 . See also Sir J . See also:

• PRIOR (from Lat. prior—former, and hence superior, through O. Fr. priour)
• PRIOR, MATTHEW (1664-1721)

Prior's Life of Edmond Malone (186o) .