Richard Chase (folklorist)

Not to be confused with the contemporary professor of literature Richard Volney Chase (1914–1962).
Richard Chase
Born
Richard Thomas Chase

February 15 1904
Huntsville, Alabama, United States
DiedFebruary 2 1988 (aged 83)
EducationAntioch College
OccupationFolklorist
Known forAuthority on English-American literature, compiling of folk tales and game, primarily Appalachian

Richard Thomas Chase[1][2] (February 15, 1904 – February 2 1988)[3] was an American folklorist and an authority on English-American folklore.

  1. ^ http://www.berkeleypubliclibrary.org [full citation needed]
  2. ^ Patricia Averill, Camp Songs, Folk Songs, 2014, p. 529, identifies the Appalachian folklorist by full name "Richard Thomas Chase" – from snippet view at Google Books, 2016-09-10.
  3. ^ "Richard Thomas Chase (1904-1988) - Find a Grave". Find a Grave.