George Laurence Gomme

Sir George Laurence Gomme FSA
Born	1853
Died	1916
Residence	24 Dorset Square, W. 20 Marlborough Place, St John's Wood, NW [1909] The Mound, Long Crendon, Bucks [1915]
Occupation	public servant
Society Membership membership Ordinary fellow left 1916 deceased elected_AI 1895.12.10 clubs Royal Societies Club Municipal and Counties Club societies Folklore Society Society of Antiquaries Statistical Society

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Office Notes

AI Council 1897 Member
AI Council 1898 Member
AI Council 1899 Member

House Notes

1895.11.12 proposed by the President [E.W. Brabrook]
death noted in the report of the council for 1916. Obituary notice in Man 1916, 54

Notes From Elsewhere

Sir George Laurence Gomme, FSA (18 December 1853 – 23 February 1916) was a public servant and leading British folklorist.[1] He helped found both the Victoria County History and the Folklore Society. He also had an interest in old buildings and persuaded the London County Council to take up the blue plaque commemorative scheme.
Both Gomme and his wife were founder members of the Folklore Society in 1878; and Gomme went on to be its honorary secretary, director and president
Born London; died Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire. Knighted 1911. Joint originator of Victoria History of the Counties of England. Wife Alice Bertha, née Merck, folklorist-see ODNB

Publications

External Publications

Gomme wrote many books and articles on folklore, including Primitive Folk Moots (1880), Folklore Relics of Early Village Life (1883), Ethnology in Folklore (1892) and Folklore as a Historical Science (1908).

House Publications

Related Material Details

RAI Material

MS 20 A handbook to folk-lore, 1890

Other Material