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Appleton Morgan
1845–1928
A New York lawyer with a strong literary streak, this late-19th-century writer is best remembered for energetic books on Shakespeare, language, and genealogy. His work moves easily between scholarship, argument, and curiosity-driven research.
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The Shakespearean Myth: William Shakespeare and Circumstantial Evidence
by Appleton Morgan
About the author
Born in 1845 and active in New York literary life, Appleton Morgan was a lawyer as well as an author and editor. Library and archival records identify him as James Appleton Morgan, and they connect him with a wide range of writing on law, literature, and Shakespearean studies.
He is especially associated with books such as The Shakespearean Myth, Shakespeare in Fact and in Criticism, and A History of the Family of Morgan from the Year 1089 to Present Times. Records from the Folger Shakespeare Library and other catalog sources also show his place in Shakespeare scholarship and related correspondence networks.
Morgan died in 1928. Today he is mainly remembered as a lively, argumentative man of letters whose books reflect the wide-ranging intellectual interests of his era.