Collection GB 1446 MS 20 - GOMME, Sir George Laurence (1853-1916): A Handbook to Folk-lore

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GB 1446 MS 20 1910 collection 1 item Gomme , Sir , George Laurence , 1853-1916 , Knight , author and founder of the Folklore Society

Born, 1853; educated, City of London School; worked for a railway company, 1869; moved to Fulham district board of works; worked for the Metropolitan Board of Works (later the London County Council), 1873-1914; Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, the Royal Statistical Society, the Anthropological Institute, and other learned societies; founder member (1878) and sometime Secretary and President of the Folk-Lore Society; died, 1916.

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Typescript and manuscript copy of A Handbook to Folk-lore, edited by George Laurence Gomme and published for the Folk Lore Society, 1890. This copy was made in 1910 because the original was out of print.

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Collection level description available in the Institute's reading room.

Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

May 2008 Cultural heritage Europe Folklore Gomme , Sir , George Laurence , 1853-1916 , Knight , author and founder of the Folklore Society Intangible cultural heritage UK Western Europe London England

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Typescript and manuscript copy of A Handbook to Folk-lore, edited by George Laurence Gomme and published for the Folk Lore Society, 1890. This copy was made in 1910 because the original was out of print.

Single item

Appointments are necessary for all visits; please contact the archivist by email to arrange; a fee of £10 is payable by all visitors except Fellows and Members; membership details can be found on the RAI web site; access to material referring to the most recent thirty years is restricted; some material is very fragile and may not be available for view; a few items are of restricted or forbidden access.

Photocopies and scans for personal research only may be arranged at the discretion of the archivist; charges apply; in all cases forms governing use of copies must be signed; use of digital cameras is not allowed.

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English

Collection level description available in the Institute's reading room.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• anglais