Margaret Fay Shaw | |
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| Born | 9 November 1903 Glenshaw, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | 11 December 2004 (aged 101) Fort William, Scotland |
| Nationality | American, British |
| Occupation(s) | Photographer and folklorist |
| Known for | Photographs and folklore collection in the Hebrides |
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Margaret Fay Shaw (9 November 1903 – 11 December 2004) was a pioneering Scottish-American ethnomusicologist, photographer, folklorist, and scholar of Celtic studies. She is best known for her meticulous work as a folk song and folklore collector among Scottish Gaelic-speakers in the Hebrides, Canadian Gaelic-speaking communities in Nova Scotia, and among Connaught Irish speakers in the Aran Islands.