Campbell, John Francis (1822–1885)

Scottish folklorist. Indirectly inspired by the Grimm brothers, he organized the collection of a large corpus of ballads and folk tales and published Popular Tales of the West Highlands 1860–62. Under the title More West Highland Tales, further material has been edited by others.

Campbell was born on the Hebridean island of Islay, studied at Edinburgh, and held a number of administrative posts. He corresponded with the ballad collector Francis James Child (1825–1896), and occupies a similar position in his own field.