Irvin Leigh Matus | |
|---|---|
 Irvin Matus in England during a 1993 research trip | |
| Born | 25 July 1941 |
| Died | 5 January 2011 (aged 69) |
| Nationality | American |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | William Shakespeare Baseball |
Irvin Leigh Matus (July 25, 1941 – January 5, 2011) was an independent scholar, autodidact, and author. He is best known as an authority on Shakespeare, but also wrote about aspects of Brooklyn's history such as the Vitagraph Studios,[1] and developed a method of modelling baseball statistics. He was a scholar-in-residence at Shepherd University for the academic year 1992–1993.[2] He was based in Washington, DC.
- ^ Matus 2000.
- ^ Mann 2013, p. 8.