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George Steevens

English Shakespearean commentator
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May 10, 1736, Poplar, London, Eng.
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Jan. 22, 1800, Hampstead, London
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George Steevens (born May 10, 1736, Poplar, London, Eng.—died Jan. 22, 1800, Hampstead, London) was an English Shakespearean commentator who collaborated with Samuel Johnson on a 10-volume edition of the complete works of William Shakespeare in 1773 and later prepared a 15-volume edition, in which he made reckless emendations. This was reissued by Isaac Reed in 1803 in 21 volumes as the “first variorum” (i.e., with alternative readings) edition. Steevens also detected the poetic forgeries of Thomas Chatterton.

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