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Richard Dorson was born on 12 March, 1916 in New York, New York, is an American folklorist (1916–1981). Discover Richard Dorson's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 65 years old?
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Folklorist, professor, director |
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65 years old |
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Pisces |
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12 March, 1916 |
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12 March |
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New York, New York |
| Date of death |
11 September, 1981 |
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United States
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Richard Dorson Height, Weight & Measurements
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Richard Dorson Net Worth
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Richard Mercer Dorson (March 12, 1916 – September 11, 1981) was an American folklorist, professor, and director of the Folklore Institute at Indiana University.
Dorson has been called the "father of American folklore" and "the dominant force in the study of folklore".
Dorson was born in New York City into a wealthy Jewish family.
He studied at the Phillips Exeter Academy from 1929 to 1933.
He then went on to Harvard University where he earned his A.B., M.A., in history, and his Ph.D. degree in the History of American Civilization in 1942.
He began teaching as an instructor of history at Harvard in 1943.
He moved to Michigan State University in 1944 staying there until 1957 when he took a position at Indiana University as professor of history and folklore as well as that of chairman of the Committee on Folklore.
He taught at Indiana until his death.
He brought the eminent folklorist Linda D.égh to Bloomington, who revolutionized American folklore research.
Among other academic recognitions, Dorson was awarded the Library of Congress award in History of American Civilization in 1946, and three Guggenheim Fellowships (1949, 1964, and 1971).
From 1957 to 1962 he edited the Journal of Folklore Research.
He was the general editor of the "Folktales of the World" (1963–1973), a multivolume series published by the University of Chicago Press.
In addition, he was the founder and editor of the journal of the Folklore Institute (1963–1981) at Indiana.
Dorson's study of American folklore involved several roles; "polemicist, critic, field collector, library scholar".
In addition to his several books, Dorson also edited the Folktales of the World series, published between 1963 and 1979 by the University of Chicago Press.
He was elected president of the American Folklore Society, 1966 to 1968.
Dorson also wrote that "no subject of study in the United States today [1976] is more misunderstood than folklore".
Dorson contributed two terms to the study of folklore that have gained common currency.
The first is "urban legend"; meaning a modern "story which never happened told for true".
Dorson also coined the word "fakelore" in a debate with author James Stevens.
Dorson dismissed Stevens' book on Paul Bunyan, and the later work of Ben Botkin as fakelore, or "a synthetic product claiming to be authentic oral tradition but actually tailored for mass edification", which "misled and gulled the public".
Dorson's fieldwork touched upon African-American folklore in Michigan, folklore of the Upper Peninsula, other regional folklore in the United States, the folklore of Japan, and other topics.
He served an advisory editor of the series "International Folklore" (48 vols., 1977), as well as the series editor of "Folklore of the World" (38 vols., 1980).
In addition, he contributed articles to numerous scholarly and popular periodicals.
In 2003, the Michigan Traditional Arts Program of the Michigan State University Museum awarded him the Michigan Heritage Award posthumously for his Michigan-based fieldwork contributions.
According to Anne Keene, at Indiana:
According to William Wilson:
Dorson's papers are held at the Lilly Library of Indiana University.
Audio recordings from his fieldwork can be found at the Archives of Traditional Music at Indiana University.
