Fonds GB 0096 MS 1113 - Pott, Constance Mary Fearon

100 box files

GB 0096 MS 1113 1679-1949 Fonds 100 box files Pott , Constance Mary Fearon , 1833-1914 , author
Born 1833; wrote under the name Mrs Henry Pott and became a prominent Shakespeare scholar and proponent of the theory that Francis Bacon was Shakespeare; died 1914.
Publications include: The promus of formularies and elegances, by Francis Bacon (1883); Did Francis Bacon write "Shakespeare"? (1884); Francis Bacon and his secret society: An attempt to collect and unite the lost links of a long and strong chain (1891).

Constance Pott's daughter, Miss C Pott, donated her mother's books and documents to the Senate house Library in 1953.

Handwritten research notes, offprints and publications compiled by Constance Mary Pott for her publications and many articles on the Bacon-Shakespeare authorship debate and Francis Bacon in general, including notes on emblems from natural history and other areas in Bacon and Shakespeare's works, along with correspondence with other Baconians, including Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence and James Cary, and records of the Bacon Society (1679-1949).

The collection is arranged in 100 'book imitation' box files, numbered and labelled by Pott herself.

Closed until listed.

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests
English

Box list available.

Senate House Library contains the book collection that belonged to Constance Pott.

Compiled by Stefan Dickers for the RSLP supported AIM25 Project. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. April 2005. Bacon , Francis , 1561-1626 , viscount St Alban , lawyer, statesman and philosopher Bacon Society Cary , James , fl 1900 Drama Lawrence , Sir , Edwin , Durning- , 1837-1914 , Knight , politician and writer x Durning-Lawrence , Sir , Edwin Literary analysis Literary forms and genres Literature Poetry Pott , Constance Mary Fearon , 1833-1914 , author Shakespeare , William , 1564-1616 , dramatist, poet and actor

Constance Pott's daughter, Miss C Pott, donated her mother's books and documents to the Senate house Library in 1953.

Handwritten research notes, offprints and publications compiled by Constance Mary Pott for her publications and many articles on the Bacon-Shakespeare authorship debate and Francis Bacon in general, including notes on emblems from natural history and other areas in Bacon and Shakespeare's works, along with correspondence with other Baconians, including Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence and James Cary, and records of the Bacon Society (1679-1949).

The collection is arranged in 100 'book imitation' box files, numbered and labelled by Pott herself.

Closed until listed.

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests

• English

• Latin

English

Senate House Library contains the book collection that belonged to Constance Pott.

Box list available.

Privately owned.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• English