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Signature of James Halliwell-Phillipps

James Halliwell-Phillipps

British Shakespeare scholar, antiquarian and collector of English nursery rhymes and fairy tales (1820-1889)

† 1889-01-03 · Authors · Writer; cross-wiki notability: present on 12 language Wikipedias
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Public domain · Wikidata
Life

James Halliwell-Phillipps was born on June 21, 1820 in London and died on January 3, 1889 in East Sussex, aged 68. Recorded occupations: literary historian, historian, writer, children's writer, collector of fairy tales and literary scholar. Country of citizenship: British Empire. Fields of work: English-language literature, collecting and oral literature. Educated at Jesus College. Honours include Fellow of the Royal Society. Member of Royal Society of London and Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Rouen.

At a glance
Born
June 21, 1820 · London
Died
January 3, 1889 · East Sussex
Age at death
68
Citizenship
British Empire
Occupations
literary historian, historian, writer, children's writer, collector of fairy tales, literary scholar
Education
Jesus College
Honours
Fellow of the Royal Society
Wikipedia editions
12 languages
Signature licence
Public domain
About this signature

This image of James Halliwell-Phillipps's signature comes from Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file). Its licence is recorded as Public domain, with the file credited to James Orchard Halliwell (1820–1889). It is linked to the person through Wikidata property P109 (signature), which ties a documented individual to a specific archived file. We show the file as published and do not redraw or retouch it. Deceased 1889: low publicity-rights risk.

Biographical facts: Wikidata Q321691 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-13. Read more about James Halliwell-Phillipps on Wikipedia.

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