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Professor Stanley William Wells, Ph.D. (born 21 May 1930) is a Shakesperian scholar, writer, professor, and editor who has been the Honorary President of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Professor Emeritus at the University of Birmingham, and the author of a number of books about Shakespeare, including ''Shakespeare Sex and Love'', and is general editor of the Oxford and Penguin Shakespeares. He lives in Stratford-upon-Avon and was educated in English at University College, London ==Biography== Wells was born in Hull, the son of Stanley Cecil Wells MBE and Doris Wells.〔http://stanleywells.co.uk/about〕〔"WELLS, Prof. Stanley William", ''Who's Who 2012'', A & C Black, 2012; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2011 ; online edn, Nov 2011 (accessed 11 Sept 2012 )〕 His father was a bus company traffic manager.〔Reyburn, Ross. ("The Saturday Interview: Professor Stanley Wells - He's a Dedicated Bard Brain of Britain" ) in ''The Birmingham Post'' (England), 23 November 2002.〕 Wells was educated at the Kingston High School grammar school in Hull.〔 Wells took a degree in English at University College, London. He was invalided out of national service for the RAF in 1951.〔Kidd, Charles, ed. ("Prof Stanley Wells, CBE Authorised Biography" ), ''Debrett's People of Today''.〕 He became a Hampshire school teacher before moving to Stratford to complete his Phd. Wells was awarded an honorary DLitt by the University of Warwick in 2008. He was Professor of Shakespeare Studies and Director of the Shakespeare Institute (University of Birmingham) from 1988–1997, and is now Emeritus Professor of Shakespeare Studies. Wells is co-editor (with Gary Taylor, John Jowett and William Montgomery) of the Oxford Complete Works and (with Michael Dobson) the ''Oxford Companion to Shakespeare'', and has been general editor of the ''Oxford Shakespeare'' series since 1978.〔("Stanley Wells" at ''Contemporary Writers'' )〕 He was married to the writer Susan Hill, but they divorced in 2013. In 2009, Wells revealed the existence of the Cobbe portrait. He stated his belief, based on three years of research, that the portrait is a true portrait of Shakespeare, painted from life. On Tuesday 20 October 2009, he appeared on BBC 4's comedy panel show 'It's Only a Theory' - defending the prevailing opinion within contemporary Shakespeare Studies that 'The plays of William Shakespeare were written by William Shakespeare of Stratford-Upon-Avon' and debunking the theory that Shakespeare's plays were written by some of his contemporaries. In June 2010, he was awarded the Sam Wanamaker Award by Shakespeare's Globe, an award given annually in the name of the Globe's founder Sam Wanamaker to celebrate work which has increased the understanding and enjoyment of Shakespeare. In 2013, together with Rev. Dr. Paul Edmondson, he called upon the Dean and Chapter of Westminster Abbey to remove the question mark which appears in place of a date of death in the memorial window to Christopher Marlowe in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey.〔Edmondson, Paul, and Stanley Wells, (''Shakespeare Bites Back'' ) (2011), Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, pp. 21-2, 38.〕 He is the father of author Jessica Ruston. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Stanley Wells」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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