Katharine Mary Briggs

British folklorist (1898–1980).

Born November 8th, 1898 in Hampstead.

Died October 15th, 1980 at 81 years old in St Margaret's at Cliffe.

Occupations
collector of fairy tales, essayist, writer

Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel