JEREMIAH CURTIN
\d͡ʒˌɛɹəmˈa͡ɪ͡ə kˈɜːtɪn], \dʒˌɛɹəmˈaɪə kˈɜːtɪn], \dʒ_ˌɛ_ɹ_ə_m_ˈaɪə k_ˈɜː_t_ɪ_n]\
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An American linguist and antiquarian writer; born in Milwaukee, 1840. He has written: "Myths and Folk-Lore of Ireland"; "Tales of the Fairies and the Ghost World"; "Myths and Folk-Tales of the Russians, Western Slavs, and Magyars'; etc. He is a proficient in the Slavic tongues; has made addresses in Czech, and translated much from Russian and Polish. Died Dec. 14, 1906.
By Charles Dudley Warner
