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Stith Thompson (March 7, – January 13, ) was an American scholar of folklore. He is the "Thompson" of the Aarne-Thompson classification system. He was born in Bloomfield, Kentucky, the son of John Warden and Eliza (McCluskey) Thompson.

He is best known for his work on the classification of motifs in folk tales. His six-volume Motif-Index of Folk-Literature (–37) is considered the international key to traditional material.

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Distinguished Service Professor of English and Folklore - Home Members. Stith Thompson was an American scholar of folklore. He is the "Thompson" of the Aarne-Thompson classification system. For the next two years he taught high school in Portland, Oregon, where he learned Norwegian.

He joined the English faculty of Indiana University (Bloomington), teaching composition. Interested in traditional ballads and tales, he organized summer institutes on the subject at the university that ran from the s to the s. These led, in , to the foundation of the University's still active Folklore Institute with another preeminent student of folklorist, Richard Dorson.

While Thompson was the author, coauthor, or translator of numerous books and articles on folklore, he was perhaps best known for his work on the classification of motifs in folk tales. His six-volume Motif-Index of Folk-Literature (–37) is considered the international key to traditional material.

Much of author Ben Marcus's The Age of Wire and String was inspired by his folklore indexes.

Stith thompson biography examples Stith Thompson March 7, — January 10, 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. Read more on Wikipedia. Since , the English Wikipedia page of Stith Thompson has received more than , page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia up from 15 in

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Stith Thompson was born in Nelson county, Kentucky on March 7, His family moved to Indianapolis when he was twelve. He attended Butler College, obtained his BA degree from University of Wisconsin. For the next two years, he taught high school in Portland, Oregen, where he learned Norwegian. He earned his master’s degree in English literature from University of California, Berkeley in He studied at Harvard University from to , and taught English at the University of Texas, Austin from to , and obtained his Ph.D.

Short biography examples Related e. Wikipedia Wiktionary Shop. Stith Thompson March 7, — January 13, was an American scholar of folklore. He is the "Thompson" of the Aarne-Thompson classification system. He is best known for his work on the classification of motifs in folk tales.

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