Richard Dorson
✓ Source-basedfallingAmerican folklorist (1916-1981)
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Richard Mercer Dorson was an American folklorist, professor, and director of the Folklore Institute at Indiana University. Dorson has been called the "father of American folklore" and "the dominant force in the study of folklore".
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United StatesCategory
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Academic
Status
deceased
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Lived 1916 to 1981 · aged 65
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