Stanley Wells

1930 -

country of citizenship: United Kingdom

languages spoken, written or signed: English

educated at: University College London, University of Birmingham

occupation: literary historian, university teacher, writer, literary scholar, literary scholar

award received: Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, honorary doctor of the University of Munich, President's Medal, prix Giles, Knight Bachelor

Sir Stanley William Wells, (born 21 May 1930) is an English Shakespearean scholar, writer, professor and editor who has been honorary president of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, professor emeritus at Birmingham University, and author of many books about Shakespeare, including Shakespeare Sex and Love, and is general editor of the Oxford Shakespeare and New Penguin Shakespeare series. He lives in Stratford-upon-Avon and was educated in English at University College, London (UCL). Source: Wikipedia (en)