Alexander Haggerty Krappe, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alexander Haggerty Krappe

American folklorist and author

Date of Birth: 06-Jul-1894

Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 30-Nov-1947

Profession: translator, university teacher, romanist, linguist, mythographer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Alexander Haggerty Krappe (6 July 1894 – 30 November 1947) was a folklorist and author.
Along with Francis Peabody Magoun, he was the first translator of folktales collected by the Brothers Grimm into the English language.
He was also a linguist, teacher, translator of scientific and other materials, a Roman philologist, a comparative mythologist, a classicist and Scandinavianist. Despite his contributions and academic writing, his work has been overlooked in the modern Folklore discipline as he staunchly denied the existence of American Folklore.