Emilia Lanier

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Emilia Lanier

English poet

Also known as: Aemilia Bassano

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The Shakespeare Authorship Question
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The poet Emilia Lanier (or Lanyer; née Bassano) has also been proposed as a possible alternative. Lanier may have had a connection with Shakespeare’s acting company, the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, and it has been suggested that she may also have been Black or mixed race, although evidence…
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The poet Emilia Lanier (or Lanyer; née Bassano) has also been proposed as a possible alternative. Lanier may have had a connection with Shakespeare’s acting company, the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, and it has been suggested that she may also have been Black or mixed race, although evidence…
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