Robert Samber

Histories, or tales of past times, 1729

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

References

  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.