About Margaret Dean Smith
Lived 1899 – 1997 (aged 97). Margaret Dean Smith was a British librarian.
Margaret Dean Smith or Lilian Gracie Copeman; Margaret Josephine Dean-Smith; Margaret Josephine Dean (7 November 1899 – 9 February 1997) was an English folklorist and librarian.
Life Smith was born in Lowestoft in 1899 with the name of Lilian Gracie Copeman. Her mother, Frederica Henrietta Copeman, was a "mother's help" and the following year she was adopted by Clara Ellen (Nellie) Dean and given the new name of Margaret Josephine Dean.
From a young age she was surrounded by people involved in the revival of the Arts and Crafts Movement. She was educated by tutors before she went to St Albans High School for Girls, which she left in 1917. Her school education was complete but she went on to live in 1921 above the headquarters of the Art-Workers' Guild. The following year she became an active member of the English Folk Dance Society meeting the folk singing revivalist Charles Sharp.
Smith died in Royal Surrey County Hospital in 1997.
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Who was Margaret Dean Smith?
English folklorist and librarian
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Margaret Dean Smith was born on 7 November 1899 in Lowestoft.
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Margaret Dean Smith died on 9 February 1997 in Royal Surrey County Hospital.
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Margaret Dean Smith was a librarian.
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Margaret Dean Smith was British.
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