Scottish poet, novelist and literary critic (1844–1912)
For other people named Andrew Lang, see Andrew Lang (disambiguation).
Andrew Lang
FBA
Lang in 1888
Born
(1844-03-31)31 March 1844 Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland
Died
20 July 1912(1912-07-20) (aged 68) Banchory, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Occupation
Poet
novelist
literary critic
anthropologist
Alma mater
University of St Andrews
Balliol College, Oxford
Period
19th century
Genre
Children's literature
Spouse
Leonora Blanche Alleyne
(m. 1875)
Andrew LangFBA (31 March 1844 – 20 July 1912) was a Scottish poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. The Andrew Lang lectures at the University of St Andrews are named after him.
AndrewLang FBA (31 March 1844 – 20 July 1912) was a Scottish poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. He is best...
The AndrewLang Lecture series is held at the University of St. Andrews. The lectures are named after AndrewLang, a graduate of the university. December...
of Little Goldenhood" (1888) gives the girl a real name – Blanchette. AndrewLang included a variant called "The True History of Little Goldenhood" in...
to 1833 by William and AndrewLang. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 16 August 2012. William Lang of Greenock in Scotland...
SUS 513B, the hero carves a ship that traverses both in land and sea. AndrewLang retold the Flying Ship in the 1894 The Yellow Fairy Book. Arthur Ransome...
London literary circles, receiving encouragement from Sidney Colvin, AndrewLang, Edmund Gosse, Leslie Stephen and W. E. Henley, the last of whom may...
AndrewLang Petrie (25 June 1854 – 1 April 1928) was a builder, stonemason and politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland...
(Children's Collection) to produce the version most commonly retold. Later, AndrewLang retold the story in Blue Fairy Book, a part of the Fairy Book series...
and Mgr Barnes, M. Pagnol also refers to the historian John Lingard, AndrewLang, Edith Carey, and also the French historian Laloy. In 1862 Lord Acton...
considered fairy tales, citing as an example The Monkey's Heart, which AndrewLang included in The Lilac Fairy Book. Steven Swann Jones identified the presence...
Meaning of the Library'. The AndrewLang Lecture series was initiated in 1927, and named for alumnus and poet AndrewLang. The most famous lecture in this...
ancient times, gone through a totemistic stage. Another Scottish scholar, AndrewLang, early in the 20th century, advocated a nominalistic explanation of totemism...
also Otto Lang (film producer) and Otto Lang (actor) Otto Emil Lang PC OC KC (born 14 May 1932) is a Canadian lawyer and former politician. Lang was born...
The Magic Swan is a European fairy tale collected by Hermann Kletke. AndrewLang included it in The Green Fairy Book. Two older brothers abused the youngest...
sol og vestenfor måne) is a Norwegian fairy tale. It was included by AndrewLang in The Blue Fairy Book (1889). "East of the Sun and West of the Moon"...
Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in their classical Norske Folkeeventyr. Later AndrewLang included the story in his series of fairy tale collections in The Red...
Brian AndrewLang CBE FRSE (born 2 December 1945) is a Scottish social anthropologist who served as deputy chairman of the British Library and Principal...
German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 163. AndrewLang included it in The Green Fairy Book as The Crystal Coffin. It is Aarne-Thompson...
Red Fairy Book by AndrewLang, 1890.[1] The Wizard King - original in Les Fees Illustres, translated in Yellow Fairy Book by AndrewLang, 1894. Lancelot-Grail...
the Woods is a French literary fairy tale written by Madame d'Aulnoy. AndrewLang included it in The Orange Fairy Book. James Planché, author and dramatist...
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