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Publications by John Stephan Edwards on Lady Jane Grey and other subjects |
| On the Date of Birth of Lady Jane Grey | A short article challenging the traditional date of birth in early October 1537 usually assigned to Jane Grey. Argues that the evidence indicates a date much earlier in that year. |
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A Further Note on the Date of Birth of Lady Jane Grey |
Based on additional evidence, pushes Jane's date of birth back to as much as one year before the traditional date. |
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A ‘New’ Portrait of Mary Rogers, Lady Harington |
Discusses a portrait in a U.S. collection thought for over three centuries to depict Elizabeth Tudor at age 20 in 1553, but now shown to be a portrait of the wife of Sir John Harington, inventor of the water closet! |
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| ‘The Book’ | Getting a book published is not easy, especially in the electronic age. Once I get a publisher for my biography of Jane Grey, this page will be added to offer pre-publicaiton updates. |
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The Carmina of Publilius Optatianus Porphyrius and the Creative Process |
Analyzes a series of figured poems written in Latin in the fourth century by the person often credited with inventing the acrostic puzzle. Proposes a new schema for dating the poems more precisely. |
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