Heather Wolfe Explained

Heather Ruth Wolfe (born 1971^[1]) is an American curator of manuscripts and archivist at the Folger Shakespeare Library.^[2] A "Shakespeare detective", she has been noted for her research into the history of the Shakespeare coat of arms.^{[3] [4] [5]} She headed "Shakespeare Documented", a project to make contemporary texts involving Shakespeare available online, and is involved in the similar "Early Modern Manuscripts Online" (EMMO) project.^{[6] [7]}

At the Folger, her "Project Dustbunny" has yielded significant results from human cells gathered from 17th-century volumes.^[8]

Wolfe was elected as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London on 16 February 2023.^[9]

Books

• Book: Wolfe . Heather . Maule . Jeremy . Axton . Marie . Elizabeth Cary, Lady Falkland : life and letters. Jeremy Maule. 2001 . RTM Publications . Cambridge [England] . 978-0866982726.
• Book: Wolfe . Heather . Stewart . Alan . Letterwriting in Renaissance England . 2004 . Folger Shakespeare Library . Washington, D.C. . 978-0295985091.
• Book: Wolfe . Heather . The literary career and legacy of Elizabeth Cary, 1613-1680 . 2006 . Palgrave Macmillan . New York . 978-1403970169.
• Book: Trevilian . Thomas . Thomas Trevelyon . Wolfe . Heather . The Trevelyon Miscellany of 1608 : a facsimile of Folger Shakespeare Library MS V.b.232 . 2007 . Folger Shakespeare Library . Washington, D.C. . 978-0295986593.

External links

• Heather Wolfe at The Collation, a Folger Shakespeare Library blog
• Heather Wolfe at Rare Book School
• See an illustrated manuscript of 16th-century coats of arms, including commentary on whether Shakespeare is worthy of one, video at Encyclopædia Britannica, narrated by Wolfe
• Shakespeare Documented

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wolfe, Heather, 1971-Library of Congress, from LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress) . id.loc.gov . Library of Congress.
2. News: Maloney . Jennifer . Handwriting Expert Makes New Shakespeare Discoveries . 28 November 2021 . . 9 March 2016.
3. News: McCrum . Robert. Robert McCrum. How 'Sherlock of the library' cracked the case of Shakespeare's identity . 28 November 2021 . . 8 January 2017 . en.
4. Book: Beer . Anna . Anna Beer . The Life of the Author: William Shakespeare . 26 April 2021 . John Wiley & Sons . 978-1-119-60527-0 . 46 . en.
5. News: Schuessler . Jennifer . Shakespeare: Actor. Playwright. Social Climber. . 14 October 2021 . . 29 June 2016.
6. Web site: Unlocking the Past: How Folger Shakespeare Library's Revival of a Lost Art Helps Us Understand Early Modern English . . 28 November 2021 . en . 31 May 2018.
7. Web site: Heather Wolfe MPIWG . www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de . . 14 December 2021.
8. News: Brunner . Rob . Is Shakespeare's DNA Hiding in the Folger Library's Vault? "Project Dustbunny" Aims To Find Out . 28 November 2021 . . 25 April 2019.
9. Web site: 16 February Ballot Results . 16 February 2023 . Society of Antiquaries of London . 13 March 2023.