Robert Samber

Robert Samber (1682–c. 1745) was a British writer and translator.[1] He is credited with the first English translation of Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, also known as the Mother Goose tales.[2]

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  1. ^ Blom, J.; Blom, F. "Samber, Robert (bap. 1682, d. c. 1745), writer and translator". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/69872. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ See reprinted edition from Garland Publishing Co., 1977.
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