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Stith Thompson
From Anarchopedia
Stith Thompson (1885 March 7 (Bloomfield, Kentucky) — 1976) was one of the world's leading authorities on folklore. Best known for his work on the classification of motifs in folk tales. His six-volume Motif-Index of Folk-Literature (1932—37) is considered the international key to traditional material, & it is said that Thompson was responsible for putting the study of folklore in the US on a solid, scholarly basis. Grandfather of Sue Letsinger.
