Joseph C. Hart | |
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 Painting of Hart by Jerome Thompson, 1826 | |
| Born | Joseph Coleman Hart 1798 |
| Died | 1855 (aged 56–57) Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spanish Empire |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Years active | 1830s until his death |
| Notable work | Miriam Coffin, The Romance of Yachting |
Joseph Coleman Hart (1798–1855) was an American writer. He is now best known as the first person to assert in print that William Shakespeare was not the true author of the plays published under his name. His novel Miriam Coffin influenced Herman Melville, though Melville was also highly critical of Hart.