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Spence, Lewis, 1874-1955

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Personal name headingSpence, Lewis, 1874-1955
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Variant(s)Spence, James Lewis Thomas Chalmers, 1874-1955
Associated countryScotland
Birth date1874-11-25
Death date1955-03-03
Place of birthBroughty Ferry (Dundee, Scotland)
Place of deathEdinburgh (Scotland)
Field of activityFolklore Mythology
Profession or occupationPoets
Found inHis The mythologies of ancient Mexico and Peru, 1907.
A dictionary of medieval romance and romance writers, 1913: t.p. (Lewis Spence)
Literature resource center WWW site, Apr. 30, 2012 (James Lewis Thomas Chalmers Spence; b. Nov. 25, 1874, Broughton Ferry, Scotland, d. Mar. 3, 1955, Edinburgh; author, editor, and poet)
Oxford dictionary of national biography WWW site, 14 Dec., 2016 (Spence, (James) Lewis Thomas Chalmers, poet and Scottish nationalist; born Seafield, Broughty Ferry, Forfarshire, on 25 November 1874; a genuine, scholarly expert on mythology and folklore, especially of Central and South America, and became a fellow of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland; died on 3 March 1955 at his home, 34 Howard Place, Edinburgh)
   <http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/40370>
Associated languageeng