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| Born | William John Borlase-Warren-Venables-Vernon 1834 |
| Died | 12 November 1919 (aged 84–85) London, United Kingdom |
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| Awards | Knight of the Order of St. Olav |
William John Borlase-Warren-Venables-Vernon (1834 – 12 November 1919) was a British Dante scholar. He was mostly known for publishing previously unpublished works, being the first to publish Benvenuto Rambaldi da Imola's commentary on Dante's Divine Comedy . [2]
Vernon was born in 1834. He spent some time in Italy with his father, George Venables-Vernon, before moving back to England to attend Eton College. He then attended Christ Church, Oxford as a commoner, but left in 1855 to get married before he could finish his degree. He returned to finish it twenty years later. [2]
In 1887, Vernon published Rambaldi da Imola's Latin commentary to Dante's Divine Comedy . The commentary was originally written around 1390, and had previously remained unpublished. [3]
In 1917, Vernon published an autobiography titled Recollections of Seventy-Two Years. [3]
Vernon was a Freemason who married Agnes Lucy Boileau, daughter of John Boileau, 1st Baronet. [2]
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