Andrew Lang

Andrew Lang (31 March 1844 – 20 July 1912) was a Scots 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.

Andrew Lang
Andrew Lang Andrew Lang
Born	(1844-03-31)31 March 1844 Selkirk, Scottish Borders, Scotland
Died	20 July 1912(1912-07-20) (aged 68) Banchory, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Occupation	Writer (poet, novelist), Literary critic, Anthropologist
Nationality	Scottish
Period	19th century
Genre	Children's Literature

More reading

• Roger Lancelyn Green (1946) Andrew Lang: A critical biography with a short-title bibliography.
• Antonius P. L. de Cocq (1968) Andrew Lang: A nineteenth century anthropologist (Diss. Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands). Tilburg: Zwijsen.

Andrew Lang Media

• Rumpelstiltskin.jpg

  "Rumpelstiltskin", by Henry Justice Ford from Lang's Fairy Tales

• Portrait of Andrew Lang.jpg

  Portrait of Andrew Lang

• Andrew Lang 1 Marloes Road blue plaque.jpg

  Blue plaque, 1 Marloes Road, Kensington, London

• Richard Doyle - Spurned Suitor.jpg

  The prince thanking the Water Fairy, image from The Princess Nobody (1884), illustrated by Richard Doyle, engraved and coloured by Edmund Evans

• Andrew lang, the arabian nights entertainments, longman green & co., londra 1898 (gabinetto vieusseux).jpg

  The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Longman Green & co., London 1898

• Athenodorus - The Greek Stoic Philosopher Athenodorus Rents a Haunted House.jpg

  An illustration of "Athenodorus confronts the Spectre" from The Strange Story Book by Leonora Blanche Lang; Andrew Lang.

Other websites

Media related to Andrew Lang at Wikimedia Commons

• Works by Andrew Lang at Internet Archive
• Andrew Lang Fairy Tale Books
• Index to the fairy tales in the Andrew Lang Fairy Tale Books
• A Monk of Fife Complete Book Online
• Custom and Myth Archived 2010-03-16 at the Wayback Machine - full text HTML of original work.