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Heather Wolfe

Heather Ruth Wolfe is an American curator of manuscripts and archivist at the Folger Shakespeare Library. A "Shakespeare detective", she has been noted for her research into the history of the Shakespeare coat of arms. She headed "Shakespeare Documented", a project to make contemporary texts involving Shakespeare available online, and is involved in the similar "Early Modern Manuscripts Online" (EMMO) project.

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Heather Ruth Wolfe FSA (born 19711) is an American curator of manuscripts and archivist at the Folger Shakespeare Library.2 A "Shakespeare detective", she has been noted for her research into the history of the Shakespeare coat of arms.345 She headed "Shakespeare Documented", a project to make contemporary texts involving Shakespeare available online,25 and is involved in the similar "Early Modern Manuscripts Online" (EMMO) project.67

At the Folger, her "Project Dustbunny" has yielded significant results from human cells gathered from 17th-century volumes.38

Wolfe was elected as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London on 16 February 2023.9

Books

  • Wolfe, Heather; Maule, Jeremy; Axton, Marie (2001). Elizabeth Cary, Lady Falkland : life and letters. Cambridge [England]: RTM Publications. ISBN 978-0866982726.
  • Wolfe, Heather; Stewart, Alan (2004). Letterwriting in Renaissance England. Washington, D.C.: Folger Shakespeare Library. ISBN 978-0295985091.
  • Wolfe, Heather (2006). The literary career and legacy of Elizabeth Cary, 1613-1680. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1403970169.
  • Trevilian, Thomas (2007). Wolfe, Heather (ed.). The Trevelyon Miscellany of 1608 : a facsimile of Folger Shakespeare Library MS V.b.232. Washington, D.C.: Folger Shakespeare Library. ISBN 978-0295986593.
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References

  1. "Wolfe, Heather, 1971-Library of Congress, from LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)". id.loc.gov. Library of Congress.
  2. Maloney, Jennifer (9 March 2016). "Handwriting Expert Makes New Shakespeare Discoveries". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  3. McCrum, Robert (8 January 2017). "How 'Sherlock of the library' cracked the case of Shakespeare's identity". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  4. Beer, Anna (26 April 2021). The Life of the Author: William Shakespeare. John Wiley & Sons. p. 46. ISBN 978-1-119-60527-0.
  5. Schuessler, Jennifer (29 June 2016). "Shakespeare: Actor. Playwright. Social Climber". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  6. "Unlocking the Past: How Folger Shakespeare Library's Revival of a Lost Art Helps Us Understand Early Modern English". Institute of Museum and Library Services. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  7. "Heather Wolfe | MPIWG". www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de. Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  8. Brunner, Rob (25 April 2019). "Is Shakespeare's DNA Hiding in the Folger Library's Vault? "Project Dustbunny" Aims To Find Out". Washingtonian. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  9. "16 February Ballot Results". Society of Antiquaries of London. 16 February 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
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