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Peter Opie


Born
in Cairo, Egypt
November 25, 1918

Died
February 05, 1982

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Peter Opie was born in Cairo in the war-time British Protectorate or Sultanate of Egypt and was educated at Eton College. He was a specialist in children's literature and the customs of schoolchildren. He was joint winner of the £1,000 Chosen Books competition, with his autobiographical discursion The Case of Being a Young Man (published in paperback, 1946).

The couple met during World War II and married on 2 September 1943. The couple worked together closely, from their home near Farnham, Surrey, conducting primary fieldwork, library research, and interviews of thousands of children. In pursuing the folklore of contemporary childhood they directly recorded rhymes and games in real time as they were being sung, chanted, or played. Working fr ...more

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