Brief Chronicles is a peer-reviewed interdisciplinary academic journal dedicated to examining the Shakespeare authorship question and more generally topics in early modern authorship studies. Sponsored by the Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship, Brief Chronicles was established in 2009 and is included in the MLA International Bibliography and World Shakespeare Bibliography databases. General Editor: Roger A. Stritmatter, Ph.D., Coppin State University. Managing Editor: Michael Delahoyde, Ph.D., Washington State University. Volume 7 of Brief Chronicles features the following articles: "Who Wrote the First Biography of Shakespeare? It was not Nicholas Rowe in 1709!" by Kevin Gilvary; "Greed and Generosity in the Shakespearean Question" by Richard M. Waugaman; "An Arrogant Joseph Hall and an Angry Edward de Vere in Virgidemiarum [1599]" by Carolyn Morris; "Teaching the Sonnets and de Vere's Biography at School - Opportunities and Risks" by Elke Brackmann and Robert Detobel; "Oxford and The Arte of English Poesie" by Richard Malim; "Edward de Vere: Translator of Johan Sturm's A Ritch Storehouse or Treasurie for Nobilitie and Gentlemen?" by Richard M. Waugaman; "Engaging Academia: Some Thoughts" by James Warren; Exchange of Letters between James Warren and John Shahan.