William John Thoms

William John Thoms (1803 - 1885), antiquary and miscellaneous writer, for many years a clerk in the secretary's office of Chelsea Hospital, was in 1845 appointed Clerk, and subsequently Deputy Librarian to the House of

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1803 - 1885 - Antiquary - Chelsea Hospital - 1845

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Lords. He was the founder in 1849 of Notes and Queries, which for some

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1849 - Notes and Queries

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years he also edited. Among his publications are Early Prose Romances

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(1827-28), Lays and Legends (1834), The Book of the Court (1838),

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Lays and Legends - The Book of the Court

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Gammer Gurton's Famous Histories (1846), Gammer Gurton's Pleasant Stories (1848). He also edited Stow's London, and was secretary of the Camden Society. He introduced the word "folk-lore" into the language.

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Gammer Gurton's Famous Histories - Gammer Gurton's Pleasant Stories - Stow - London - Camden Society - Folk-lore

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