Peter Douglas Kennedy (18 November 1922 – 10 June 2006) was an influential English folklorist and folk song collector throughout the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.
[1][2] His great-aunt was Marjory Kennedy-Fraser, folk song collector and author, and his great-grandfather, David Kennedy, was a famous Scottish singer.
[2] Kennedy was one of the presenters of the BBC folk music programme As I Roved Out, broadcast during the 1950s, which featured collecting recordings of traditional singers.
[citation needed] He received a lifetime achievement award at the 2003 Ontario Celtic festival, and the EFDSS Gold Badge in 2005.
The British Library holds some photographs and a small portion of the field recordings from the Peter Kennedy archive, and these are publicly accessible.