Heather Ruth Wolfe FSA (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,[2][5] 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.[3][8]
Wolfe was elected as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London on 16 February 2023.[9]
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- ^ a b Maloney, Jennifer (9 March 2016). "Handwriting Expert Makes New Shakespeare Discoveries". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
- ^ a b McCrum, Robert (8 January 2017). "How 'Sherlock of the library' cracked the case of Shakespeare's identity". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
- ^ Beer, Anna (26 April 2021). The Life of the Author: William Shakespeare. John Wiley & Sons. p. 46. ISBN 978-1-119-60527-0.
- ^ a b Schuessler, Jennifer (29 June 2016). "Shakespeare: Actor. Playwright. Social Climber". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
- ^ "Unlocking the Past: How Folger Shakespeare Library's Revival of a Lost Art Helps Us Understand Early Modern English". Institute of Museum and Library Services. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
- ^ "Heather Wolfe | MPIWG". www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de. Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
- ^ Brunner, Rob (25 April 2019). "Is Shakespeare's DNA Hiding in the Folger Library's Vault? "Project Dustbunny" Aims To Find Out". Washingtonian. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
- ^ "16 February Ballot Results". Society of Antiquaries of London. 16 February 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2023.