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Curtin (JEREMIAH an American linguist)

JEREMIAH, an American linguist and antiquarian; born in Milwaukee, Wis., in 1838. 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 was a proficient in the Slavic tongues; made addresses in Czech, and translated much from Russian and Polish.

He died in 1906.

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