William Warren Vernon

British noble and Dante scholar (1834–1919)

Agnes Lucy Boileau

(m. 1855; died 1881)

Annie Georgiana Eyre

(m. 1884)

^[1]

Parent

George Venables-Vernon, 5th Baron Vernon (father)

Education

Eton College
Christ Church, Oxford

AwardsKnight of the Order of St. Olav

William John Borlase-Warren-Venables-Vernon (1834 – 12 November 1919) was a British Dante scholar. He was mostly known for publishing previously unpublished works, being the first to publish Benvenuto Rambaldi da Imola's commentary on Dante's Divine Comedy.^[2]

Early life and education

Vernon was born in 1834. He spent some time in Italy with his father, George Venables-Vernon, before moving back to England to attend Eton College. He then attended Christ Church, Oxford as a commoner, but left in 1855 to get married before he could finish his degree. He returned to finish it twenty years later.^[2]

Works

In 1887, Vernon published Rambaldi da Imola's Latin commentary to Dante's Divine Comedy. The commentary was originally written around 1390, and had previously remained unpublished.^[3]

In 1917, Vernon published an autobiography titled Recollections of Seventy-Two Years.^[3]

Personal life

Vernon was a Freemason who married Agnes Lucy Boileau, daughter of John Boileau, 1st Baronet.^[2]

Awards and honours

Member of the Accademia della Crusca
Gold medal from Queen Margherita
Junior Grand Warden of England^[2]

References

^ Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage. Burke's Peerage. doi:10.5118/bpbk.2003. ISBN 978-0-9711966-2-9.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Obituary: William Warren Vernon (1919)". The Times. No. 42257. 14 November 1919. p. 16. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
^ ^a ^b "William Warren Vernon's Dante Collection - Archives Hub". archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk. Retrieved 30 October 2022.