Stith Thompson

Stith Thompson
Stith Thompson
Born	March 7, 1885; Bloomfield, Kentucky, US
Died	January 10, 1976 (aged 90); Columbus, Indiana, US
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of Wisconsin; University of California, Berkeley; Harvard University;
Known for	Aarne–Thompson classification system; Motif-index of folk-literature;
	Scientific career
Fields	Folkloristics; English literature;
Institutions	University of Texas; Indiana University (Bloomington);

Stith Thompson (March 7, 1885 – January 10, 1976) was an American folklorist: he has been described as "America's most important folklorist".

He is the "Thompson" of the Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index, which indexes folktales by type, and the author of the Motif-Index of Folk-Literature, a resource for folklorists that indexes motifs, granular elements of folklore.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.