Myths and Folk-lore of Ireland - Softcover

Curtin, Jeremiah

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1500167827 ISBN 13: 9781500167820

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

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Jeremiah Curtin (September 6, 1835 – December 14, 1906) was an American translator and folklorist. After graduating from Harvard, Curtin traveled to Russian where he worked as a translator and for the American legation. Over the years, he worked for the Bureau of Ethnology, where his specialty was Slavic and Native American languages. In addition to publishing collections of fairy tales and folklore and writings about his travels, Curtin translated a number of volumes by Henryk Sienkiewicz, including Quo Vadis. And according to his epitaph, which was written by friend Theodore Roosevelt, Curtin had a working knowledge of over 70 languages.

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"Jeremiah Curtin (September 6, 1835 - December 14, 1906, Vermont) was an American translator and folklorist. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (some sources say Detroit, Michigan), he graduated from Harvard College in 1863. In 1864, he went to Russia. There he worked as both a translator and for the U. S. legation. He left Russia in 1877, stayed a year in London, and returned to the United States, where he worked for the Bureau of Ethnology. Curtin was stated to have known over 70 languages, and his work with native American Indian and well as Slavic languages was his specialty.

In addition to publishing collections of fairy tales and folklore and writings about his travels, Curtin translated a number of volumes by Henryk Sienkiewicz, including Quo Vadis, and Boles?aw Prus' only historical novel, Pharaoh (Curtin's English translation: 1902)." (Quote from wikipedia.org)

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• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1500167827
• ISBN 13: 9781500167820
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 138