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Folger call number: FILM Fo. 4083
Folger holdings ID: 308791
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John Ward proceeded M.A., Oxon., 1652. From 1662 until his death, Ward was vicar of Stratford-upon-Avon and around 1668 he was appointed rector of Dorsington, Gloucestershire. In 1666 he was licensed to practice medicine by the Archbishop of Canterbury. As an avid student, Ward's great interest was medicine, and once he was licensed he spent much time in London during the Commonwealth studying the natural sciences A typed summary of the contents of each volume with a list of some of the people mentioned appears in most volumes Poems listed in Folger index of first lines These volumes, originally 17 in number, have been known as "Ward's Diary." Initials "I. W." stamped in gold on sides of some volumes Extracts published by Charles Severn as Diary of the Rev. John Ward (London, 1839) Medical Society of London MS -- Dr. J.A.S.N. Rosenbach, of New York (Sotheby's, London, April 4, 1928, lot 631) Formerly Folger MS 2073.5 Frank, R.G. Journal of the History of Medicine, 29 (1974) Power, D'Arcy Selected writings ... 1931, refers to his transcript of volumes 1-6 at Medical Society, London Laetitia Yeandle contributed a number of Notes to Shakespeare Quarterly concerning the Ward Diaries including SQ, 8 (1957): 460, 520, 526; SQ, 11 (1960): 493-494;SQ, 12 (1961): 353; SQ, 20 (1969): 87-88 Folger MS V.a.284, V.a.286-288, and V.a.291-299 also available as a digital reproduction Folger MS V.a.284, V.a.286-287, V.a.292-294, also available on microfilm D'Arcy Power notes, originals held at Royal College of Surgeons, of Folger MS V.a.284, V.a.286-287, V.a.289-291, V.a.295, V.a.297 and V.a.299, available on microfilm D'Arcy Power typescripts, original typescripts held at the Wellcome Trust, of Folger MS V.a.288, V.a.292-295 and V.a.299, available on microfilm
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"The pen's excellencie" : treasures from the manuscript collection of the Folger Shakespeare Library / compiled and edited by Heather Wolfe. Seattle : Distributed by University of Washington Press, 2002, p. 77
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Alternate titles: Ward's diary
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subject: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
former owner: Medical Society of London. Library
former owner: Rosenbach, J. A. S. N., Dr.