Mabel Geraldine Woodruffe Peacock (9 May 1856– 17 July 1920)[1] was an English folklorist.
Peacock was the daughter of Lucy and Edward Peacock F.S.A. of Bottesford Manor, Brigg, Lincolnshire, and later of Kirton-in-Lindsey. Her brother Adrian was a noted ecologist.[2][3]
She made collections of folklore in this region and published them in journals and her books.[4]
She retired to Norfolk in 1918 and died of tuberculosis in 1920. Mabel Peacock is buried in Grayingham, Lincolnshire churchyard.[5]
Peacock is among the favorite authors of Sir George Bailey in A. S. Byatt's novel, Possession.[6]
Bibliography
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Her works include:
- An Index of Royalists whose estates were confiscated during the Commonwealth. 1879.
- Tales and Rhymes in the Lindsey Folk-speech, 1886, with Max Peacock (anonymously)
- Tales fra Linkishire, 1889. She also edited a reprint of John Bunyan's Holy War and Heavenly Footman, 1892, with full introduction and notes;
- Lincolnshire Tales, 1897.
- Lincolnshire Rhymes, 1907.
- Lincolnshire County Folklore, 1908, with Eliza Gutch.
- Many contributions to Folk-Lore and a collection of notes and manuscript.
References
edit- ^ Death Notice, Norfolk Chronicle, 15 December 1920
- ^ Mark Seaward (23 September 2004). "Peacock, (Edward) Adrian Woodruffe- (1858–1922)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/72414. Retrieved 12 August 2019. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Ford, Brian J. (2000). "A Report of the Meeting 'John Ray and his Successors'". Notes and Records of the Royal Society. 54 (1): 5–22. doi:10.1098/rsnr.2000.0092. S2CID 143047192. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
- ^ Crooke, William, ed. (December 1920). . Folk-Lore. Vol. 31. p. 338 – via Wikisource. [scan
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- ^ Death Notice, Norfolk Chronicle, 15 December 1920
- ^ Byatt, AS. Possession 1991
