Question: What is the birth date of this American writer of history and folklore of Appalachia, who wrote the Bimbos of the Death Sun?

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William Byrd: William Byrd ( ; birth date variously given as c.1539/40 or 1543 – 4 July 1623, was an English composer of the Renaissance.  He wrote in many of the forms current in England at the time, including various types of sacred and secular polyphony, keyboard (the so-called Virginalist school), and consort music.  He produced sacred music for use in Anglican services, although he himself became a Roman Catholic in later life and wrote Catholic sacred music as well.

Alexander Purdie (publisher): Purdie is believed to have been born in Scotland by 1743; however, his exact birth date and exact place of birth are unknown.  He was trained at an early age in the skills of printing in his motherland.  His immigration to the American British colonies is not known for sure; however, by 1764 he took up residence in colonial Williamsburg, Virginia.  At that time he was employed by the then current Williamsburg printer Joseph Royle, as an apprentice.

Bimbos of the Death Sun: Bimbos of the Death Sun is a 1988 mystery novel by Sharyn McCrumb.

John Taylor (14th Congress): John Taylor was a United States Representative from South Carolina.  His birth date is unknown.  Taylor was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, 1802–1805.  He was elected as a Republican to the Fourteenth Congress (March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817) but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Fifteenth Congress in 1816 and for election to the Seventeenth Congress in 1820.  His death date is unknown.

John of Giscala: John of Giscala (Hebrew: יוחנן מגוש חלב‎ ‎ "Yohanan mi-Gush Halav" or "Yohanan ben Levi"), the son of Levi, (birth date unknown; death date after 70), was a leader of the Jewish revolt against the Romans in the First Jewish-Roman War, and played a part in the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 CE.  During the outbreak of the Jewish war with Rome, John had vied with Josephus (Joseph Mattithiah) over the control of Galilee and had amassed to himself a large band of supporters from Gischala (Gush Halab) and Gabara, including the support of the Sanhedrin in Jerusalem.

Pedro Paterno: Pedro Alejandro Paterno y de Vera Ignacio, also spelled "Pedro Alejandro Paterno y Debera Ignacio" (born on February 17, 1857 - died on April 26, 1911; in some references the birth date is February 27, 1858 while the death date is March 11, 1911) was a Filipino politician who has been called "the greatest turncoat in Philippine history."  He was also a poet and novelist. <nowiki>'</nowiki>"

Charles E. Shulman: Charles Emanuel Shulman was born in Berdichev, Ukraine, Russia, on July 25, 1900.  (However, his official Russian birth certificate, presented to the family following his death, recorded his birth date as July 3, 1898.) .  Both parents were very religious Jews.  His mother, Rachel Nemerov Shulman, brought all of her six children to the United States in 1904.  His father, Maurice (Elimelech), a peddlar, had refused to leave Russia and died either shortly before or after the family left for America.  The family settled in Cleveland, Ohio.  They were very poor and Charles, the fifth of the six siblings, worked a newspaper route from a very young age to help meet the family's financial needs.

Saint David: Saint David (Welsh: Dewi Sant , Latin: "Davidus" ; 500 c. 589) was a Welsh bishop of Mynyw (now St Davids) during the 6th century; he was later regarded as a saint.  He is the patron saint of Wales.  David was a native of Wales, and a relatively large amount of information is known about his life.  However, his birth date is uncertain: suggestions range from 462 to 512.  He is traditionally believed to be the son of Saint Non and the grandson of Ceredig ap Cunedda, king of Ceredigion.  The Welsh annals placed his death 569 years after the birth of Christ, but Phillimore's dating revised this to 601.

Sharyn McCrumb: Sharyn McCrumb (born February 26, 1948) is an American writer whose books celebrate the history and folklore of Appalachia.  McCrumb is the winner of numerous literary awards, and the author of the Elizabeth McPherson series, the Ballad series, and the St. Dale series.

Tovma Artsruni: Tovma Artsruni (Armenian: Թովմա Արծրունի ; also known in English-language historiography as Thomas Artsruni; precise birth date and date of death unknown) was a ninth-century to tenth-century Armenian historian and author of the "History of the House of Artsrunik" (Armenian: Պատմություն Արծրունյաց Տան ).  Contrary to the given title, the four-volume work not only relates the history of Artsruni royal family, of which he was a member of, and its origins near Lake Van but also comprehensively covers the history of Armenia.

Supporting paragraphs: Bimbos of the Death Sun Sharyn McCrumb
Answer: February 26, 1948