# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/katharine-mary-briggs
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:41:58.413Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/katharine-mary-briggs"
name: "Katharine Mary Briggs"
slug: "katharine-mary-briggs"
description: "Katharine Mary Briggs 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."
tagline: "British folklorist (1898–1980)"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1898-11-08"
deathDate: "1980-10-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.42
  momentum:             0.609271523178808
  historical:           9.695502666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketrin_Meri_Briqqs"
    title: "Ketrin Meri Briqqs"
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  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Mary_Briggs"
    title: "Katharine Mary Briggs"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Mary_Briggs"
    title: "Katharine Mary Briggs"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Mary_Briggs"
    title: "Katharine Mary Briggs"
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  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Mary_Briggs"
    title: "Katharine Mary Briggs"
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  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Mary_Briggs"
    title: "Katharine Mary Briggs"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Mary_Briggs"
    title: "Katharine Mary Briggs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%BA%90%EC%84%9C%EB%A6%B0_%EB%B8%8C%EB%A6%AD%EC%8A%A4"
    title: "캐서린 브릭스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Mary_Briggs"
    title: "Katharine Mary Briggs"
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  - url: "https://pcm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Mary_Briggs"
    title: "Katherine Mary Briggs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Briggs"
    title: "Katharine Briggs"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3194016"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump