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Richard Dorson
American folklorist.
Born March 12th, 1916 in New York City. [ref]
Died September 11th, 1981 at 65 years old in Bloomington. [ref]
Occupations
academic, anthropologist, children's writer, collector of fairy tales, historian
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Death is the ultimate boundary of human matters. Horace