Edward de Vere, 17th earl of Oxford: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Among the many works that propose the earl of Oxford as the author of the plays published as Shakespeare’s are Percy Allen, The Case for Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, as “Shakespeare” (1930); Gilbert Slater, Seven Shakespeares (1931, reprinted 1978), which proposes Oxford and a group of his collaborators; H. Amphlett, Who Was Shakespeare? (1955, reissued 1970); Eva Turner Clark, Hidden Allusions in Shakespeare’s Plays, 3rd rev. ed., edited by Ruth Loyd Miller (1974); Thomas Looney, “Shakespeare” Identified, 3rd ed. (1975); Charlton Ogburn, The Mysterious William Shakespeare: The Myth and the Reality, 2nd ed. (1992); Richard F. Whalen, Shakespeare—Who Was He?: The Oxford Challenge to the Bard of Avon (1994); and Joseph Sobran, Alias Shakespeare (1997).

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Anniversary information added. Jun 20, 2026
Anniversary information added. Apr 08, 2026
First paragraph modernization. Apr 01, 2024
Invalidated site: PBS Frontline - Script of "The Shakespeare Mystery". Apr 07, 2020
Add new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Biography of Edward de Vere. Jun 27, 2019
Details about Oxford's life and the Oxfordian theory of Shakespeare authorship added. Jun 16, 2014
Add new Web site: PBS Frontline - Script of "The Shakespeare Mystery". May 13, 2014
Add new Web site: PBS Frontline - Script of "The Shakespeare Mystery". May 13, 2014
Add new Web site: Luminarium - Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford. May 13, 2014
Add new Web site: Luminarium - Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford. May 13, 2014
Noted that the debate about the authorship of Shakespeare's plays continued into the early 21st century. Jan 18, 2012
Books by Eva Turner Clark and Joseph Sobran added. Jun 25, 2009
Article added to new online database. May 04, 1999
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