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'''George Laurence Gomme'''
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AI Council 1897 Member<br />AI Council 1898 Member<br />AI Council 1899 Member
=== House Notes ===
1895.11.12 proposed by the President [E.W. Brabrook]<br />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.<br />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<br />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<br />