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John William Stanhope . b. London 1797; appeared as Shylock, Park theatre, New York 16 Feb. 1834; profe or of elocution, Columbia, Carolina 1843–57; dramatic critic New York Albion 7 years; author of The practical elocutionist 1849, 6 ed. 1856; The Shakspearian reader 1850, 3 ed. 1870; Golden leaves from the British and American dramatic poets 1865; Golden leaves from the American poets 1866; The ladies’ book of reading and recitations 1870. d. New York city 27 July 1871. Applet on’s American Biog. iii , 288 (1887).