biography
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Wigginton, (B) Eliot
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1942– )
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| biography:
| Educator and writer, born in Wheeling, West Virginia, USA. As a high school teacher in Rabun Gap, GA, he initiated ‘Foxfire’, an innovative programme of student-initiated projects based on regional folklore. His Foxfire Fund (established 1966) and Foxfire manuals of traditional crafts and folklore (1972) helped to document S Appalachian culture, train teachers, and establish similar programmes nationwide. |
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