Sir George Laurence Gomme, FSA (18 December 1853 – 23 February 1916) was a public servant and antiquarian. Two of his main interests were folklore and...
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(1886–1959) George Gomme (1912–1996) (George) Laurence Gomme Bernard de Gomme Gomme (food) Gomme syrup This page lists people with the surname Gomme. If an internal...
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Association. Gomme was the daughter of Charles Merck, a master tailor, and Elizabeth, his wife. On March 31, 1875, she married George Laurence Gomme (1853-1916)...
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Newell. Harper and Brothers. pp. 129–30. Retrieved 2 August 2012. George Laurence Gomme (1898). A Dictionary of British Folklore, 2. D. Nutt. pp. 420–. "Street...
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the term folk-belief is first evidenced in use by British folklorist Laurence Gomme in 1892. Common parlance employs the word superstition for what folklorists...
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Mary Croker (c. 1848–1920), Irish-born novelist, died at № 30. Sir Laurence Gomme (1853–1916), folklorist (№ 24) Dodie Smith (1896–1990), novelist and...
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(1946–1957), and Fellow of the British Academy (1947). He was born to Laurence and Alice Gomme, noted folklore experts. He studied at Merchant Taylor's School...
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folklorists who considered, supported, or praised MacRitchie's views were Laurence Gomme, who in 1892 published Ethnology in Folklore, which argued folklore...
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St Swithin's church. In 1890 the folklorist and London historian George Laurence Gomme proposed that London Stone was the city's original "fetish stone", erected...
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from the original on September 26, 2022. Retrieved 2022-09-26. George Laurence Gomme, A Dictionary of British Folklore, (London: David Nutt, 1898), 24....
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from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2017. George Laurence Gomme, ed. The Gentleman's Magazine Library 1731–1868. Cambridge: The Riverside...
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London: Volume 5, St Giles-in-The-Fields, Pt II, ed. W Edward Riley and Laurence Gomme (London, 1914), p. 60. "Augustus Siebe". Open Plaques. Retrieved 26...
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Giles-in-The-Fields, Pt I: Lincoln's Inn Fields, ed. W Edward Riley and Laurence Gomme (London, 1912), pp. 81-84. British History Online http://www.british-history...
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woman from Botany Bay." I packed my bag, a similar word game George Laurence Gomme, A Dictionary of British Folklore, (London: David Nutt, 1898), 24. G...
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501. Primitive Folk-Moots: Open-Air Assemblies in Britain - by George Laurence Gomme Retrieved 2009-08-02 Thingsites.com - Official website for the Northern...
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Constable & Co. p. 192. Retrieved 20 June 2010. Page (1923), p. 138. Sir Laurence Gomme, The Making of London; Ackroyd, London, p. 47. Jackson, Sophie (February...
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Giles-in-The-Fields, Pt I: Lincoln's Inn Fields, ed. W Edward Riley and Laurence Gomme". British History Online. Archived from the original on 28 January 2021...
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born in 1882, the third son of Sir (George) Laurence Gomme (1853–1916) and his wife, Alice Bertha Gomme, (1853–1938), both of whom had been pioneering...
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1885–88 George Byng, 3rd Earl of Strafford 1888–92 Andrew Lang 1892–95 Laurence Gomme 1895–97 Edward Clodd 1897–99 Alfred Nutt 1899–1901 Edwin Hartland 1901–03...
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Furniture John Charles Cox 1908 Folk-Lore as an Historical Science George Laurence Gomme English Costume George Clinch 1908 The Gilds and Companies of London...
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by agreement and with the encouragement of the Clerk to the Council Laurence Gomme, it was taken over the London County Council which christened it 'Indication...
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Folklore Society showcased the diversity of her interests: 'George Laurence Gomme and the Science of Folklore' (1957), 'Eighty Years of Folklore: Evaluations...
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Crockford. Essex Street, Strand, London. 1851. Pages 43 to 53. George Laurence Gomme and Seager Berry. London Statutes. 1907. Volume 1. Pages 183 to 184...
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Arabian Nights Entertainments (contributor) (George Newnes, 1899) George Laurence Gomme – The Princess's Story Book 23 B/W drawings (Constable, 1901) Various...
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writer and novelist Israel Gollancz (1863–1930), scholar and editor Laurence Gomme (1853–1916), folklore writer and public servant Christopher Goodman...
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Lynn Linton; he also knew Sir Henry Thompson, Sir William Huggins, Sir Laurence Gomme, Sir John Rhys, Paul Du Chaillu, Edward Whymper, Alfred Comyn Lyall...
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London: Volume 5, St Giles-in-The-Fields, Pt II, ed. W Edward Riley and Laurence Gomme (London, 1914), pp. 93-97. British History Online http://www.british-history...
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Noy (2016), p.11 Noy (2016), p.14 Noy (2016), p.252 W Edward Riley; Laurence Gomme (1914). "Nos. 100-102, Great Russell Street". British History Online...
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Some correspondence of Burne with leading members Alice Bertha and G. Laurence Gomme is contained in the Society's archives, but her personal papers seem...
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history, particularly birds. In his introduction to Birds he thanks G Laurence Gomme (of The Folklore Society and English Dialect Society) for reading the...
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