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James Robinson Planché
(27 Feb 1796 - 30 May 1880)
English playwright and antiquary whose prodigious output of plays was accompanied by an interest in other aspects of theatre, including costuming, which led to becoming an authority on historical dress, armour, and heraldry.
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Science Quotes by James Robinson Planché (1)
Heraldry has been contemptuously termed 'the science of fools with long memories.'
— James Robinson Planché
The Pursuivant of Arms: Or, Heraldry Founded Upon Facts (1873), 3.
