Furness, Horace Howard

ID
1084
Nationality
American
Occupation
Scholar
Editor
Author
Summary
Born and died in Philadelphia; graduated Harvard College in 1854 (honorary M.A. in 1877). From age 25, became progressively more deaf; was famous as a Shakespeare editor and scholar.
References
Deaf Persons in the Arts and Sciences, p.135-138; Dictionary of American Biography, vol.4, p.78-9.
Dates
2 November 1833-13 August 1912