Born
1843
Died
1913
Forenames
Edward
Surname
Dowden
Professor of Literature and Shakespeare scholar. FH did not rate Dowden's work highly, describing it as 'piffle'. FH recounts a dinner at which Edmund Becket, Dowden and William Mallock tested FH's knowledge of Shakespeare. Needless to say by FH's account he triumphed over the dryasdusts.
Sources
LL