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Ffransis G. Payne (11 October 1911 – 22 April 1992) was a Welsh folklorist, museum curator and author.[1]

He was born as Francis George Payne in Kington, Herefordshire, to a father from Cardiff and a mother from Shropshire. He died in Llandrindod Wells.

In 1933 he was the Welsh cataloguer in the library of the University College of Wales, Swansea and then in 1936 became an assistant in the new Folk Culture section at the National Museum of Wales.[2]

Publications

  • Yr Aradr Gymreig (1954)
  • Welsh Peasant Costume (1964)
  • Cwysau (1980)

References

  1. ^ Rees, D. Ben (19 September 1992). "Obituary: Ffransis Payne". The Independent. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  2. ^ Owen, Trefor M. (31 March 2009). "PAYNE, FRANCIS GEORGE (FFRANSIS) (1900-1992), scholar and literary figure". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Retrieved 2 June 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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