Lewis Theobald

(1688-1744)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Theobald, Mr. (Lewis), 1688-1744 NRA: Theobald Lewis (1688-1744) Shakespearean Editor and Literary Scholar DNB: Theobald, Lewis (bap. 1688, d. 1744), literary editor and writer LBT ID: LeTheob1744 VIAF ID: 2479987 LOC ID: n50081904	B/BAP: 1688 DIED: 1744-09-18
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English poet, critic, and editor of Shakespeare; his Shakespeare restored (1726) was a milestone in textual criticism that involved him in an acrimonious quarrel with Alexander Pope.