John Wesley Hales (1836-1914). Photo by William Mayland. Courtesy Wikipedia Commons.
John Wesley Hales (October 5, 1836 - May 19, 1914), was an English academic and literary critic.[1]
Life[]
Hales was born in Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire. He was educated at Louth grammar school, Glasgow High School]], Durham grammar school, Glasgow University and Christ's College, Cambridge, which elected him to a fellowship.[2] He was for some time an assistant master at Marlborough College under George Granville Bradley, as well as examiner at King's College London, and the universities of Wales, New Zealan and Cambridge, and from 1889-93 Clark lecturer on English literature at Trinity College, Cambridge. Until 1903, when he retired, he was professor of English literature at King's College, London.[3]
He married Henrietta Trafford, daughter of Eliza Frances (Tarleton) and judge Richard Leigh Trafford, in 1867.[4][5]
He died in London.
Recognition[]
In May 1901 he was elected an Honorary Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge.[6]
Publiations[]
Non-fiction[]
- Folia Litteraria: Essays and notes on English literature. London: Seeley, 1893; New York: Macmillan, 1893; Freeport, NY: Books for Libraries Press, 1972.
- Milton's Macbeth. London: H.S. King, 1891.
Books on Shakespeare[]
- From Stratford to London. London: Smith, Elder, 1877.
- Notes and Essays on Shakespeare. London: George Bell, 1884; New York: AMS Press, 1973.
- also published as Essays and Notes on Shakespeare. London: George Bell, 1892.
Contributions to the Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900[]
Edited[]
- Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript (edited with William Chappell, Francis James Child, & Frederick James Furnivall). (3 volumes), London: N. Trubner, 1867. Volume I, Volume II, Volume III
- Edmund Spenser Complete Works (edited with Richard Morris. London & New York: Macmillan (Globe edition), 1869.
- Longer English Poems: With notes, philological and explanatory, and an introduction on the teaching of English. London: Macmillan, 1872.
- John Milton, Areopagitica. London: Oxford University Press, 1875.
- London Series of English Classics (edited with Charles Stranger). London: 1876-1879.
- John Dryden, Alexander's Feast, Mac Flecknoe, and St. Cecilia's Day. New York: Charles E. Merrill, 1883.
- John Keats, The Eve of St. Agnes (1889); New York: Maynard, Merrill, 1892.
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[7]
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin (John William Cousin), 1849–1910.
- ↑ Template:Acad
- ↑ Encyclopædia Britannica, 1911 edition
- ↑ http://thepeerage.com/p34646.htm
- ↑ Professor J.W. Hales obituary, The Times, May 20, 1914, 10. Wikisource, Web, Jan. 10, 2016.
- ↑ Template:Cite newspaper The Times
- ↑ Search results = au:John Wesley Hales, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Jan. 9, 2015.
External links[]
- Books
- About
- Professor J.W. Hales obituary, The Times
- Etc.
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