biography
| name: |
Opie, Peter (Mason)
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pronunciation:
[ohpee]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1918–82)
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| biography:
| British children's literature specialist, folklorist, and anthologist. In 1943 he married Iona (Margaret Balfour) Archibald (1923– ), and the birth of their first child prompted them to study the folklore of childhood. They published The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes in 1951, acknowledged widely for its scholarship as well as its sense of humour. They subsequently amassed a peerless collection of children's books, which is now housed in the Bodleian Library. Later works by Iona Opie include The Singing Game (1985), A Dictionary of Superstitions (1989), The People in the Playground (1993), and Children's Games with Things (1997). |
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