Gordon Hall Gerould, B.A., B.Litt. (1877 – April 10, 1953) was a philologist and folklorist of the United States. Born in

Goffstown, New Hampshire Goffstown is a town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 18,577 at the 2020 census. The compact center of town, where 3,366 people resided at the 2020 census, is defined by the U.S. Census Bureau as the Goffst ...

, he joined the faculty of

Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr College ( ; Welsh: ) is a women's liberal arts college in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Founded as a Quaker institution in 1885, Bryn Mawr is one of the Seven Sister colleges, a group of elite, historically women's colleges in the United ...

and was a professor of English at

Princeton University Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the ...

. In 1910 he married fellow writer Katharine Elizabeth Fullerton Gerould. He served in the U.S. Army, holding the rank of captain in 1918.

Selected bibliography

* ''The North England Homily Collection'' (1902) * ''Sir

Guy of Warwick Guy of Warwick, or Gui de Warewic, is a legendary English hero of Romance popular in England and France from the 13th to 17th centuries. The story of Sir Guy is considered by scholars to be part of the Matter of England.''Boundaries in medieval r ...

'' (1905) * ''Selected Essays of Fielding'' (1905) * ''The Grateful Dead: The History of a Folk Story'' (1908) * ''Saints' Legends'' (1916) * ''Peter Sanders, Retired'' (1920)

References

Biographical note
Gordon Hall Gerould Papers, 1904-1953, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections,

Princeton University Library Princeton University Library is the main library system of Princeton University. With holdings of more than 7 million books, 6 million microforms, and 48,000 linear feet of manuscripts, it is among the largest libraries in the world by number of ...

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* * 1877 births 1953 deaths 20th-century American novelists American educators American folklorists American male novelists American philologists People from Goffstown, New Hampshire Translators from Old English 20th-century translators 20th-century American male writers Fellows of the Medieval Academy of America {{US-novelist-1870s-stub