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Gillian Bennett (1939-2023)

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Dr Gillian Bennett in her home
Photo: Dr Gillian Bennett receiving The Folklore Society’s Coote Lake medal, June 2019 (photo C. Oates)

Gillian Bennett, scholar of contemporary legends, supernatural belief, ghost narratives, history of folklore scholarship, women folklorists, and author of numerous publications, including Traditions of Belief (1987), and editor of Folklore from 1994-2002, died on December 13.

Read about Bennett on The Folklore Society website.

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