Jacqueline Simpson

Jacqueline Simpson (born 1930) is a United Kingdom researcher and author on folklore and legend. [http://www.penguin.co.uk/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,1000029230,00.html Jacqueline Simpson] , [http://www.penguin.co.uk Penguin Publishing] , Retrieved 2007-7-1]

She studied English Literature and Medieval Icelandic at Bedford College, University of London. Dr. Simpson has been, at various times, Editor, Secretary, and President of the Folklore Society. She lives in West Sussex, England.

Works

*"A Dictionary of English Folklore" (with Steve Roud)
*"Everyday Life in the Viking Age"
*"Icelandic Folktales" (Editor)
*"British Dragons"
*"European Mythology "
*"Folklore of Sussex"
*"Folklore of the Welsh Border"
*"The Lore of the Land: A Guide to England's Local Legends" (with Jennifer Westwwod)
*"Scandinavian folktales" (Editor)
*"A dictionary of historical slang" (with Eric Partridge)
*"Beowulf and Its Analogues" (with George Norman Garmonsway and Hilda Ellis Davidson)
*"Icelandic Folktales & Legends" (1972)

Also cited for disclaiming theories proposed by Margaret Murray.

External links

* [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2386/is_3_114/ai_n6118468/ Repentant soul or walking corpse? Debatable apparitions in Medieval England] by Jacqueline Simpson

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