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Francis Barton Gummere

Born

in Burlington, The United States

March 06, 1855

Died

May 30, 1919

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Francis Barton Gummere was an influential scholar of folklore and ancient languages, a student of Francis James Child.

Gummere was a descendent of an old German-American Quaker family; his grandfather John Gummere was one of the founders of the Haverford School, which became Haverford College, of which Gummere's father Samuel James Gummere was the first president. Gummere graduated from Haverford at the age of 17. After working for several years, he returned to study and received an A.B. from Harvard University and an A.M. from Haverford in 1875. From 1875 to 1881 he taught at the Moses Brown School in Providence, Rhode Island, where his father had taught some years previously. During these years he took trips to Europe to pursue further stu ...more

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	Old English Ballads. really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1894 — 58 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Germanic origins. A study in primitive culture 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2010 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Handbook of Poetics for Students of English Verse 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1892 — 105 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Popular Ballad (1907) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1977 — 75 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Founders of England 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1970 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The beginnings of poetry 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013 — 58 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Democracy and poetry 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013 — 43 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lives of Great English Writers From Chaucer to Browning by Francis Barton Gummere, Walter Swain Hinchman 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1970 — 55 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Anglo-saxon Metaphor 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The World's Best Poetry, Vol. 9 of 10 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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