THE SALAMANCA CORPUS:

DIGITAL ARCHIVE OF ENGLISH DIALECT TEXTS

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

DING 2013: “Possibly Vincent Thomas Sternberg, a son of the Thomas Sternberg (1794-1858), born in Northampton, who was a wine merchant, musical instrument seller and piano tuner. He also taught music. Vincent Thomas Sternberg became a librarian of the Leeds Library and frequently contributed to Notes and Queries. (See Miller 2012 and Miller fc. Personal communication).  The Dialect and Folklore of Northamptonshire is the first book with the word folklore in its title.”

WORKS

1851. The Dialect and Folklore of Northamptonshire. London: John Russell Smith. SC. EDD

NOT IN KINGKONG PROJECT

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT HIS LIFE AND WORKS SEE

http://jonvic42.wordpress.com/2008/12/09/406/

http://jonvic42.wordpress.com/2009/05/19/the-english-sternbergs/

Miller, Stephen. 2012. “‘I Have Just Met with a Copy with the Following Title...’: A Second Edition of [Vincent] Thomas Sternberg’s The Dialect and Folklore of Northamptonshire (1851). Folklore 123: 220-222.

Miller, Stephen. fc. “Mr. Sternberg’s Valuable Little Book. Thomas Vincent Sternberg as Folklorist”.

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Thomas Sternberg

(1831-1880)