Gertrude M. Godden Explained

Birth Date:	17 July 1867
Death Date:	15 February 1947

Gertrude Mary Godden (17 July 1867– 15 February 1947) was an author of works on anthropology and folklore. Most of her work was written from England and she did not travel.

Gertrude Godden was born in Surbiton, Surrey. Born in a Catholic family, she took a special interest in the rise of Soviet Russia. One of her correspondents was a Father Ledit.^[1]

Godden was a fellow of the Anthropological Institute.^[2] Amongst her works are papers in the journal Folk-Lore, a manuscript on the Naga and other peoples of Northeast India,^{[3] [4]} and a memoir of Henry Fielding. She also wrote a book on Mussolini.^[5]

A namesake, Gertrude M. Godden O.B.E., was president (1956–58) of the Royal College of Nursing in London.

Notes and References

1. Pasi, Marco (2014): Aleister Crowley and the Temptation of Politics. Routledge. Endnote 50.
2. Web site: Gertrude M. Godden. Alison Petch . Chris Wingfield . Chris Gosden . List of Anthropological Institute Fellows in 1901. Other Within. 7 January 2011.
3. Godden . Gertrude M. . 1898 . Naga and Other Frontier Tribes of North-East India (continued) . The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland . 27 . 2–51 . 10.2307/2842847 . 0959-5295.
4. Godden . Gertrude M. . 1897 . Naga and Other Frontier Tribes of North-East India . The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland . 26 . 161–201 . 10.2307/2842302 . 0959-5295.
5. Godden, Gertrude M. (1923): Mussolini: The Birth of a New Democracy. London: Burns, Oates & Washbourne.