Whois & Analysis for folger.edu

The Folger Shakespeare Library is an independent research library on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., in the United States.

It has the world's largest collection of the printed works of William Shakespeare, and is a primary repository for rare materials from the early modern period (1500–1750).

The library was established by Henry Clay Folger in association with his wife, Emily Jordan Folger.

It opened in 1932, two years after his death.

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