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'''George Barnet Gardiner''', Scottish folk-song collector, c.1852-1910. Born in Kincardine-on-Forth, Perthshire, he was educated at the University of Edinburgh, and then taught for much of his life at the Edinburgh Academy. [[H.E.D. Hammond]] joined the staff of the Academy in 1890, and the two men became friends. From 1904 they embarked on a major programme of folk-song collecting in South West England, with Gardiner concentrating on the county of Hampshire, until he | '''George Barnet Gardiner''', Scottish folk-song collector, c.1852-1910. Born in Kincardine-on-Forth, Perthshire, he was educated at the University of Edinburgh, and then taught for much of his life at the Edinburgh Academy. [[H.E.D. Hammond]] joined the staff of the Academy in 1890, and the two men became friends. From 1904 they embarked on a major programme of folk-song collecting in South West England, with Gardiner concentrating on the county of Hampshire, until he died in January 1910. | ||
see [http://library.efdss.org/cgi-bin/textpage.cgi?file=aboutGardiner&access=off VWML Online] | see [http://library.efdss.org/cgi-bin/textpage.cgi?file=aboutGardiner&access=off VWML Online] | ||
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George Barnet Gardiner, Scottish folk-song collector, c.1852-1910. Born in Kincardine-on-Forth, Perthshire, he was educated at the University of Edinburgh, and then taught for much of his life at the Edinburgh Academy. H.E.D. Hammond joined the staff of the Academy in 1890, and the two men became friends. From 1904 they embarked on a major programme of folk-song collecting in South West England, with Gardiner concentrating on the county of Hampshire, until he died in January 1910.
see VWML Online