Jerry Friedman:"Kinbote tells us several times that Shade
was born on July 5, 1898. He also tells us that he told Sybil that day was
also his birthday (n. 181) and that as King Charles he met Disa during his
birthday celebration on July 5, 1947 (n. 275), not that I believe him about
either. Finally, he says that when Gradus saw a mention of July 1, 1979,
in the New York Times, he thought he'd be 64 four days later, which puts
his birthday on July 5 (n. 949). That also means his birth year as 1915,
the same as Kinbote's. I'm embarrassed to see I left that reference to n. 949
out of my timeline. I may fix it.
Jansy Mello: In the midst of innumerous
postings, sent two days ago, I mentioned the quote you
need issuing directly from Kinbote's pen:
" Charles Kinbote notes that "are not birthdays mere
conventions? Conventions or not, but it was my birthday too — small difference
of sixteen years, that’s all." Kinbote was not born when Shade turned 11,
but 16 ( in July 5,1915?).