Gordon Hall Gerould

Who was Gordon Hall Gerould?

Gordon Hall Gerould, B.A., B.Litt. was a philologist and folklorist of the United States.

Born in Goffstown, New Hampshire, he joined the faculty of Bryn Mawr College and was a professor of English at Princeton University. In 1910 he married fellow writer Katharine Elizabeth Fullerton Gerould. He served in the U.S. Army, holding the rank of captain in 1918.

His published works include:

The North England Homily Collection

Sir Guy of Warwick

Selected Essays of Fielding

The Grateful Dead: The History of a Folk Story

Saints' Legends

Peter Sanders, Retired, a novel