William John Borlase-Warren-Venables-Vernon (1834 – 12 November 1919) was a British Dante scholar. He was mostly known for publishing previously unpublished works, being the first to publish Benvenuto Rambaldi da Imola's commentary on Dante's Divine Comedy.[2]
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| Born | William John Borlase-Warren-Venables-Vernon 1834 |
| Died | 12 November 1919 (aged 84–85) London, United Kingdom |
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| Awards | Knight of the Order of St. Olav |
Early life and education
editVernon was born in 1834. He spent some time in Italy with his father, George Venables-Vernon, before moving back to England to attend Eton College. He then attended Christ Church, Oxford as a commoner, but left in 1855 to get married before he could finish his degree. He returned to finish it twenty years later.[2]
Works
editIn 1887, Vernon published Rambaldi da Imola's Latin commentary to Dante's Divine Comedy. The commentary was originally written around 1390, and had previously remained unpublished.[3]
In 1917, Vernon published an autobiography titled Recollections of Seventy-Two Years.[3]
Personal life
editVernon was a Freemason who married Agnes Lucy Boileau, daughter of John Boileau, 1st Baronet.[2]
Awards and honours
edit- Member of the Accademia della Crusca
- Gold medal from Queen Margherita
- Junior Grand Warden of England[2]
References
edit- ^ Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage. Burke's Peerage. doi:10.5118/bpbk.2003. ISBN 978-0-9711966-2-9.
- ^ a b c d "Obituary: William Warren Vernon (1919)". The Times. No. 42257. 14 November 1919. p. 16. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
- ^ a b "William Warren Vernon's Dante Collection - Archives Hub". archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
External links
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- Online Books by William Warren Vernon
- Correspondence between Charles Eliot Norton and the Honorable William Warren Vernon
- Short bio (in Italian)
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