Peter W. M. Blayney
Born(1944-01-22)January 22, 1944
NationalityBritish
OccupationIndependent Scholar
Known forThe Stationers' Company and the Printers of London
The First Folio of Shakespeare

Peter W. M. Blayney is a British independent scholar and a leading expert on the book trade in Tudor and early Stuart London.

Life

He was born on 22 January 1944 in Cambridge, UK. He currently resides in Toronto, Canada.

He he studied at the Royal College of Advanced Technology, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Northwestern Polytechnic and earned his BA and the University of London and his PhD at Trinity College, Cambridge University.[1]

Career

He is currently an adjunct professor of English at the University of Toronto.[2]

He has received the Guggenheim Fellowship in 1997.[3] He is a distinguished member of the Folger Institute.[4]


Bibliography

His notable books include:

  • The Texts of King Lear and their Origins: Nicholas Okes and the First Quarto, 1982
  • The bookshops in Paul's Cross Churchyard, 1990
  • The First Folio of Shakespeare, 1991
  • The Stationers' Company before the charter, 2003
  • The Stationers' Company and the Printers of London, 2013
  • The Printing and the Printers of the Book of Common Prayer, 1549-1561, 2021

References

  1. "Peter Blayney | Department of English". www.english.utoronto.ca. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
  2. "Peter Blayney | Department of English". www.english.utoronto.ca. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
  3. "Peter W. M. Blayney". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation... Retrieved 2023-11-20.
  4. "Peter W.M. Blayney - Folgerpedia". folgerpedia.folger.edu. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
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