Stanley Wells took a degree in English at University College, London.
14 Facts About Stanley Wells
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Stanley Wells was invalided out of national service for the RAF in 1951.
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Stanley Wells became a Hampshire school teacher before moving to Stratford to complete his PhD.
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Stanley Wells was awarded his PhD in English by Birmingham University in 1961.
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Stanley Wells is co-editor of the Oxford Complete Works and the Oxford Companion to Shakespeare, and has been general editor of the Oxford Shakespeare series since 1978.
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Stanley Wells edited several volumes for the New Penguin Shakespeare series.
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In 2009, Stanley Wells revealed the existence of the Cobbe portrait.
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Stanley Wells stated his belief, based on three years of research, that the portrait is a true portrait of Shakespeare, painted from life.
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In June 2010, Stanley Wells was awarded the Sam Wanamaker Award by Shakespeare's Globe, an award given annually in the name of the Globe's founder Sam Wanamaker to celebrate work which has increased the understanding and enjoyment of Shakespeare.
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Stanley Wells is married to novelist Susan Hill, and the couple was once considered part of the "Gloucestershire mafia" set of well-connected writers and socialites.
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Stanley Wells is the father of author Jessica Ruston and of Clemency Wells.
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Stanley Wells was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2007 Birthday Honours for services to literature.
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Stanley Wells was knighted in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to scholarship.
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Stanley Wells was awarded an honorary DLitt by the University of Warwick in 2008.