| LC control no. | n 50006410 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Opie, Peter |
| Biography/History note | Peter Opie was an English folklorist, anthologist, and book collector specializing in children's literature and the customs of school children. He and his wife, Iona Opie, wrote numerous books on the folklore of contemporary childhood, children's literature, toys, and games. |
| Located | Alton, Hampshire, England West Liss, Hampshire, England |
| Birth date | 1918-11-25 |
| Death date | 1982-02-05 |
| Place of birth | Cairo, Egypt |
| Place of death | West Liss, Hampshire, England |
| Field of activity | Children--Folklore Book collecting |
| Profession or occupation | Folklorist Anthologist Book collector |
| Found in | His Having held the nettle, 1945. Opie, I.A. The singing game, 1985: t.p. (Peter Opie) jkt. (d. 1982) BL auth. file, 24th Mar. 2003 (born 1918, died 1982) Wikipedia WWW site, viewed October 30, 2013: Iona and Peter Opie page (Peter Mason Opie (1918-1982); folklorist; anthologist; home in Alton, Hampshire; educated at Eton College; was an English specialist in children's literature and the customs of school children; part of husband-and-wife team of folklorists with Iona Archibald Opie) Oxford dictionary of national biography WWW site, viewed October 30, 2013 (Opie, Peter Mason (1918-1982), book collector and historian of the lore of childhood; born 25 November 1918 in Cairo, Egypt; educated at Eton College; died at his home, Westerfield House, West Liss, Hampshire, on 5 February 1982; married Iona Margaret Balfour Archibald in 1943) |
| Associated language | eng |
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