Katharine Mary Briggs, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Katharine Mary Briggs

British folklorist

Date of Birth: 08-Nov-1898

Place of Birth: Hampstead, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 15-Oct-1980

Profession: writer, essayist, collector of fairy tales

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Katharine Mary Briggs (8 November 1898 – 15 October 1980) was a British folklorist and writer, who wrote The Anatomy of Puck, the four-volume A Dictionary of British Folk-Tales in the English Language, and various other books on fairies and folklore.
From 1969 to 1972, she was president of the Folklore Society, which established an award in her name to commemorate her life and work.