Duncan Williamson | |
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 Williamson in 1986 | |
| Born | Duncan James Williamson 11 April 1928 Loch Fyneside, Argyll and Bute, Scotland |
| Died | November 8, 2007 (aged 79) |
| Occupation | Storyteller |
Duncan James Williamson (11 April 1928, Loch Fyneside, near Furnace, Argyll - 8 November 2007) was a Scottish storyteller and singer, and a member of the Scottish Traveller community. The Scottish poet and scholar Hamish Henderson once referred to him as "possibly the most extraordinary tradition-bearer of the whole Traveller tribe."[1]
- ^ Henderson, Hamish (1986). Introduction to A Thorn in the King's Foot: Folktales of the Scottish Travelling People (1987), by Duncan and Linda Williamson. Penguin.