Tristram Potter Coffin
American folklorist
Died when: 89 years 352 days (1079 months)Star Sign: Aquarius
Tristram Potter Coffin (February 13, 1922 – January 31, 2012) was an American folklorist and leading scholar of ballad texts in the 20th century.Coffin spent the bulk of his career at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a professor of English and a co-founder of the Folklore Department.
He was the author of 20 books and more than 100 scholarly articles and reviews.
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