Stith Thompson
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Stith Thompson (1885-1976) was one of the world's leading authorities on folklore. He was born in Bloomfield, Kentucky, on March 7, 1885, the son of John Warden and Eliza (McCluskey) Thompson.
He was the author, coauthor, or translator of numerous books and articles on folklore, but was perhaps best known for his work on the classification of motifs in folk tales. His six-volume Motif-Index of Folk-Literature (1932-37) is considered the international key to traditional material.
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