This is a list of supporters of the Oxfordian theory of Shakespeare authorship, which was first promulgated in 1920.
Percy Allen — journalist, theatre historianShapiro, James (2010), Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare?, UK edition: Faber and Faber (US edition: Simon & Schuster), pp.196–210. Mark Anderson — journalist, researcher, author, astrophysicistAnderson, Mark. 'Shakespeare' by Another Name: The Life of Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, the Man Who Was Shakespeare. Gotham, 2005 (revised paperback 2006). Charles Wisner Barrell — researcher, authorThe Writings of Charles Wisner Barrell. Shakespeare Authorship Sourcebook. Charles Beauclerk, Earl of Burford — writer Charles Sidney Beauclerk — Jesuit priestPercy Allen, The Life Story of Edward de Vere as "William Shakespeare", Palmer, 1932, pp.319-28. Michael Delahoyde — professor of English, Washington State University Louis P. Bénézet — American school reformerSamuel Schoenbaum, "Looney and the Oxfordians" in Russ McDonald, Shakespeare: an anthology of criticism and theory, 1945-2000, Wiley-Blackwell, 2004, p. 8. Harry Blackmun — U.S. Supreme Court JusticeBravin, Jess. "Justice Stevens Renders an Opinion on Who Wrote Shakespeare's Plays: It Wasn't the Bard of Avon, He Says; 'Evidence Is Beyond a Reasonable Doubt." Wall Street Journal. April 18, 2009. Marjorie Bowen — British historian, biographer, novelistBowen, Marjorie. Introduction to Percy Allen’s The Plays of Shakespeare and Chapman in Relation to French History. London: Archer, 1933. Gelett Burgess — author, critic, poet, artistHope, Warren and Kim Holston.The Shakespeare Controversy: An Analysis of the Authorship Theories. McFarland, 2009. p. 103. John Byrne — British-born Canadian-American comic book artist and writer Michael Chiklis — actorKevin Pollak's Chat Show #112, 2011. Time reference: 01:16:30. Retrieved May 30, 2011. Montagu William Douglas — soldier and colonial administrator.James Shapiro, Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare?, Faber & Faber, 2011, p.216. Ren Draya — professor of English & communications, Blackburn College Roland Emmerich — film director, screenwriter, producer; producer and director of Anonymous (2011) William Farina — biographer, nonfiction researcher and author, essayistFarina, William. De Vere As Shakespeare: An Oxfordian Reading of the Canon. McFarland, 2005. Bert Fields — lawyer and writer Sigmund Freud — pioneer of psychoanalysis"I no longer believe that ... the actor from Stratford was the author of the works that have been ascribed to him. Since reading Shakespeare Identified by J. Thomas Looney [which Freud had read twice in the 1920s], I am almost convinced that the assumed name conceals the personality of Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford.... The man of Stratford seems to have nothing at all to justify his claim, whereas Oxford has almost everything." – Sigmund Freud in 1937. Michael H. Hart — astrophysicist, author of The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in HistoryHart, Michael H. The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History. 2nd edition, London: Simon & Schuster, 1993. pp. 152–169 (2000 revised edition). Warren Hope — academic, university English professor, authorHope, Warren and Kim Holston.The Shakespeare Controversy: An Analysis of the Authorship Theories. McFarland, 2009. Christmas Humphreys — British barrister, judge, author, Buddhist scholarHumphreys, Christmas. "Introduction to the Shakespeare Authorship Question." WhoWroteShakespeare.com. Jeremy Irons — actorIrons announced his Oxfordian convictions on the Charlie Rose show episode which aired December 27, 2004. Sir Derek Jacobi — Shakespearean actor, directorJacobi, Derek. Address to the Shakespeare Authorship Research Centre Thorpe, Vanessa. "Who Was Shakespeare? That Is (Still) the Question: Campaign Revives Controversy of Bard's Identity." The Observer. 9 September 2007. Richard Kennedy — American children's book writer Felicia Hardison Londré — curators’ professor of theatre at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Lynne Kositsky — Canadian author of poetry and young adult historical fiction J. Thomas Looney — British school teacher, researcher, authorLooney, J. Thomas. Shakespeare Identified in Edward de Vere, Seventeenth Earl of Oxford. London: Cecil Palmer, 1920. David McCullough — historian, author, biographer"The strange, difficult, contradictory man who emerges as the real Shakespeare, Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford, is not just plausible but fascinating and wholly believable." McCullough's foreword to Charlton Ogburn's The Mysterious William Shakespeare. Paul Nitze — longtime high-ranking U.S. government official and Presidential advisor, ambassadorNitze wrote the foreword to Richard F. Whalen's Shakespeare — Who Was He?: The Oxford Challenge to the Bard of Avon. (Praeger, 2008).Nitze argued the Oxfordian case for the 1992 Frontline three-hour video dialogue, Uncovering Shakespeare: An Update, chaired by William F. Buckley. Charlton Greenwood Ogburn — lawyer Charlton Ogburn — investigative journalist, researcher, authorOgburn, Charlton. The Mysterious William Shakespeare: The Myth & the Reality. EPM Publications, 1984. John Orloff — screenwriter Sir Roger Penrose — mathematician, Nobel Laureate in Physics Anne Pluto — professor of literature and theatre, Lesley University Enoch Powell - politician OUTSIDE EDGE | The Independent | The Independent Keanu Reeves - actor Gerald Henry Rendall — professor of GreekMichael Keevak, Sexual Shakespeare: Forgery, Authorship, Portraiture, Wayne State University Press, p. 80. Anne Rice — author Mark Rylance — Shakespearean actor and director, director of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre 1995–2005Niederkorn, William S. "A Historic Whodunit: If Shakespeare Didn't, Who Did?" New York Times. February 10, 2002. Don Rubin — professor emeritus of theatre at York University in Toronto; Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship vice president Antonin Scalia — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Joseph Sobran — journalist, author, researcherSobran, Joseph. Alias Shakespeare. Free Press, 1997. John Paul Stevens — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Roger Stritmatter — professor of humanities at Coppin State University and the general editor of Brief Chronicles"Dr. Roger Stritmatter" , Faculty Profile, Coppin State University. Retrieved 29 October 2015. Peter A. Sturrock — British astrophysicist, Stanford University professor of applied physics, Arctowski Medalist, author of AKA Shakespeare: A Scientific Approach to the Authorship QuestionGabrielsen, Paul. "Who Wrote Shakespeare's Plays? Stanford Professor Lets You Decide". Stanford Report. Stanford University. March 18, 2013. Patrick Walker (40 Watt Sun) — musician, songwriter. Bernard Mordaunt Ward — military officer, author Alexander Waugh — writer Douglas Wilson - CREC pastor, theologian, social critic Daniel L. Wright — Professor of English, Concordia University, Portland; Director of the Shakespeare Authorship Research Centre Michael York — actor
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