Thomas Keightley
Thomas Keightley (17 October 1789 – 4 November 1872) was an Irish writer known for his works on mythology and folklore, particularly ''Fairy Mythology'' (1828), later reprinted as ''The World Guide to Gnomes, Fairies, Elves, and Other Little People'' (1978, 2000, etc.).Keightley was as an important pioneer in the study of folklore by modern scholars in the field. He was a "comparativist" folklore collector, drawing parallels between tales and traditions across cultures. A circumspect scholar, he did not automatically assume similar tales indicated transmission, allowing for the possibility that similar tales arose independently.
At the request of the educator Thomas Arnold, he authored a series of textbooks on English, Greek, and other histories, which were adopted at Arnold's Rugby School as well as other public schools. Provided by Wikipedia
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Published 1831Philadelphia : Carey & Lea, 1831.x, 379 p. ; 18 cm.Also issued online. -
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Published 1830London, Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green; and John Taylor, 1830.x, 461 p. 17 cm. -
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Published 1843New York : Harper & Brothers, 1843,[c1840]5 v. ; 16 cm. -
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Published 1847London : J. W. Parker, 1847.xi, 536 p., [2] folded leaves of plates : ill., 2 maps ; 17 cm. -
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Published 1852London : Whittaker and Co., 1852xii, 232, [8] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 15 cm.