Gordon Hall Gerould (1877 – April 10, 1953)[1] was an American philologist and folklorist of the United States.

Biography

Born in Goffstown, New Hampshire, he joined the faculty of Bryn Mawr College and was a professor of English at Princeton University. In 1910 he married fellow writer Katharine Elizabeth Fullerton Gerould. He served in the U.S. Army, holding the rank of captain in 1918.

Selected bibliography

  • The North England Homily Collection (1902)
  • Sir Guy of Warwick (1905)
  • Selected Essays of Fielding (1905)
  • The Grateful Dead: The History of a Folk Story (1908)
  • Saints' Legends (1916)
  • Peter Sanders, Retired (1920)
  • The Ballad of Tradition (1932)

References

  1. Princeton University (1954). The President's Report. p. 40.


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