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George Webbe Dasent

May 27, 1817 – June 11, 1896 (aged 79)

Birth place: St. Vincent, British West Indies

1 English-language book

Year Type Title Author(s)
1859 Anthology Popular Tales from the Norse George Webbe Dasent

British translator & writer, knighted in 1876. His translations of Asbjørnsen & Moe's folktales are often erroneously credited to him. Also known as Sir George Dasent or Sir George W. Dasent.

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