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Born | Monifieth, Angus, Scotland | 25 November 1874
Died | 3 March 1955 Edinburgh, Scotland | (aged 80)
Occupation | Journalist, folklorist, occult scholar |
Nationality | Scottish |
Subject | Scottish folklore, old British, German, and Aztec mythology, Atlantis |
James Lewis Thomas Chalmers Spence (25 November 1874 – 3 March 1955) was a Scottish journalist, poet, author, folklorist and occult scholar. Spence was a Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, and vice-president of the Scottish Anthropological and Folklore Society.[1] He founded the Scottish National Movement.