biography
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Dorson, Richard M(ercer)
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| lived:
| (1916–81)
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| biography:
| Folklorist and historian, born in New York City, New York, USA. A Harvard-educated academic, he taught after 1957 at the University of Indiana, where he founded the Folklore Institute (1963). He was instrumental in establishing folklore as a scholarly discipline by advancing fieldwork techniques, helping to establish academic programmes, and developing scholarly approaches to American folklore. His many works include a pioneering textbook, American Folklore (1959). |
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