Joseph Ritson

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historian
editor
antiquarian
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Percy_Society
Ballad Society
gptkbp:birthDate 1752-10-02
gptkbp:children gptkb:Joseph_Ritson_Jr.
gptkbp:contribution editing works of early poets
promoting folk literature
preserving_English_ballads
gptkbp:deathDate 1803-05-23
gptkbp:editor gptkb:The_Works_of_John_Bunyan
gptkb:The_Works_of_Thomas_Heywood
gptkb:The_Works_of_John_Milton
gptkb:The_Works_of_Robert_Burns
gptkb:The_Works_of_Philip_Massinger
gptkb:The_Works_of_Christopher_Marlowe
gptkb:The_Works_of_William_Congreve
gptkb:The_Works_of_John_Webster
gptkb:The_Works_of_William_Shakespeare
gptkb:The_Works_of_Thomas_Nashe
gptkb:The_Works_of_John_Fletcher
gptkb:The_Works_of_George_Peele
gptkb:The_Works_of_Thomas_Percy
gptkb:The_Works_of_Robert_Greene
gptkb:The_Works_of_Edmund_Spenser
gptkb:The_Works_of_Ben_Jonson
gptkb:The_Works_of_John_Dryden
The_Ancient_English_Drama
The_Ballads_of_England
The_English_Songs
gptkbp:field history
folklore
literary criticism
gptkbp:hasWritten gptkb:Robin_Hood
traditional songs
folk tales
Scottish ballads
English_ballads
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Joseph Ritson
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Walter_Scott
folklorists
literary scholars
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Samuel_Johnson
gptkbp:knownFor editing_early_English_texts
studying_English_folklore
gptkbp:nationality English
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:The_Life_of_Robin_Hood
Ancient Songs and Ballads
gptkbp:occupation writer
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Middlesex,_England
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Ritson