Francis James Child
Editor,Compiler
(1825 - 1896)
Francis James Child was an American scholar, educator, and folklorist, best known today for his collection of English and Scottish ballads now known as the Child Ballads. He was a professor at Harvard University, where he produced influential editions of English poetry.
Bibliography
Some British Ballads (1919)
A collection of ballads, many taken from Child’s The English and Scottish Popular Ballads. Read for free online at Internet Archive.