Heather Wolfe

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Heather Ruth Wolfe {{post-nominals|country=GB|FSA}} (born 1971{{cite web |title=Wolfe, Heather, 1971-Library of Congress, from LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress) |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nb2002044709.html |website=id.loc.gov |publisher=Library of Congress}}) is an American curator of manuscripts and archivist at the Folger Shakespeare Library.{{cite news |last1=Maloney |first1=Jennifer |title=Handwriting Expert Makes New Shakespeare Discoveries |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/handwriting-expert-makes-new-shakespeare-discoveries-1457550374 |access-date=28 November 2021 |work=Wall Street Journal |date=9 March 2016}} A "Shakespeare detective", she has been noted for her research into the history of the Shakespeare coat of arms.{{cite news |last1=McCrum |first1=Robert|authorlink=Robert McCrum|title=How 'Sherlock of the library' cracked the case of Shakespeare's identity |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/jan/08/sherlock-holmes-of-the-library-cracks-shakespeare-identity |access-date=28 November 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=8 January 2017 |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Beer |first1=Anna |author1-link=Anna Beer |title=The Life of the Author: William Shakespeare |date=26 April 2021 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-1-119-60527-0 |page=46 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W3QrEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA46 |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Schuessler |first1=Jennifer |title=Shakespeare: Actor. Playwright. Social Climber. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/30/theater/shakespeare-coat-of-arms.html |access-date=14 October 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=29 June 2016}} She headed "Shakespeare Documented", a project to make contemporary texts involving Shakespeare available online, and is involved in the similar "Early Modern Manuscripts Online" (EMMO) project.{{cite web |title=Unlocking the Past: How Folger Shakespeare Library's Revival of a Lost Art Helps Us Understand Early Modern English |url=https://www.imls.gov/grant-spotlights/unlocking-past-how-folger-shakespeare-librarys-revival-lost-art-helps-us-understand |website=Institute of Museum and Library Services |access-date=28 November 2021 |language=en |date=31 May 2018}}{{cite web |title=Heather Wolfe {{!}} MPIWG |url=https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/users/hwolfe |website=www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de |publisher=Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science |access-date=14 December 2021}}

At the Folger, her "Project Dustbunny" has yielded significant results from human cells gathered from 17th-century volumes.{{cite news |last1=Brunner |first1=Rob |title=Is Shakespeare's DNA Hiding in the Folger Library's Vault? "Project Dustbunny" Aims To Find Out |url=https://www.washingtonian.com/2019/04/25/shakespeare-dna-hiding-folger-library-vault-project-dustbunny/ |access-date=28 November 2021 |work=Washingtonian |date=25 April 2019}}

Wolfe was elected as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London on 16 February 2023.{{cite web |url=https://www.sal.org.uk/2023/02/16-february-ballot-results/ |title=16 February Ballot Results |date=16 February 2023 |work=Society of Antiquaries of London |accessdate=13 March 2023}}