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- Gilliat-Smith.1: photograph dated 1971
- Gilliat-Smith.2-4: Bernard Gilliat-Smith with Rosie and Mary Lizzie Griffiths. Inscribed on reverse "For Dora [Yates] from Helen [Murray]", dated 1961-1962. Reproduced in Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society Third Series vol. 52 (1973) p. 109.
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| Date: | 1971 |
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| Reference Number: | SMGC 1/2 PX Gypsiologist/Gilliat-Smith |
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| Related Material: | See also SMGC Shaw P.221. |
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| Biographical/Administrative Information: | Bernard Gilliat-Smith (1883-1974) was a philologist who translated the Gospel of St Luke for the British and Foreign Bible Society in 1912, and was the first to make the distinction between Vlach and non-Vlach dialects of Romani. He was a member of the Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society editorial board 1931-1967. Gilliat-Smith served in the British Consular Service in many locations including Leningrad, Bucharest and New Orleans. |
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