Reginald A. Foakes (18 October 1923 – 22 December 2013 in Stratford Upon Avon) was an English author and

Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's natio ...

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

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. 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 Samuel Taylor Coleridge (; 21 October 177225 July 1834) was an English poet, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian who, with his friend William Wordsworth, was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake ...

's literary criticism. In 2001, the

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gave Foakes an honorary degree in honor of the 50th anniversary of their Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon..

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