Robert Ware

Historian and forger

PersonDied aged 57humanQ56043002

Born: October 23, 1639
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1.Stated in Dictionary of Irish Biography
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Died: April 7, 1697
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1.Stated in Foxes, firebrands, and forgery: Robert Ware's pollution of reformation history
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Birthplace: Dublin
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1.Stated in Dictionary of Irish Biography
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Occupation: historian
Spouse: Elizabeth Piers(since 1661)

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Robert Ware was a historian and forger of historical documents, which he applied to Protestant polemics.

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Sex or gender: male
Father: James Ware
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1.Stated in Foxes, firebrands, and forgery: Robert Ware's pollution of reformation history
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Family name: Ware
Given name: Robert
Time period: 17th century generation
Mother: Elizabeth Newman
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1.Stated in The Peerage
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Child: Henry Ware
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1.Stated in Genealogics
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