Andrew Lang

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Andrew Lang was a Scottish writer, literary critic, and folklorist best known for his collections of fairy tales and his work in anthropology and classical scholarship.

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instanceOf anthropologist
classicist
folklorist
human
journalist
literary critic
poet
writer
burialPlace St Andrews
causeOfDeath angina pectoris
countryOfBirth Scotland
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
countryOfDeath Scotland
dateOfBirth 1844-03-31
dateOfDeath 1912-07-20
educatedAt Balliol College, Oxford NERFINISHED
University of St Andrews
ethnicGroup Scottish
familyName Lang
fieldOfWork anthropology
classical scholarship
comparative religion
folklore
literary criticism
genre fairy tale
folklore
literary criticism
mythology
givenName Andrew
hasPartInSeries Andrew Lang's Fairy Books
influenced C. S. Lewis
J. R. R. Tolkien
influencedBy James George Frazer
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement Victorian literature
name Andrew Lang self-link
notableWork Custom and Myth
Essays in Little
Letters to Dead Authors
Myth, Ritual and Religion
The Blue Fairy Book
The Brown Fairy Book
The Crimson Fairy Book
The Green Fairy Book
The Grey Fairy Book
The Lilac Fairy Book
The Making of Religion
The Olive Fairy Book
The Orange Fairy Book
The Pink Fairy Book
The Red Fairy Book
The Violet Fairy Book
The Yellow Fairy Book
occupation folklorist
journalist
literary critic
poet
writer
placeOfBirth Selkirk
placeOfDeath Banchory
religion Church of Scotland
sexOrGender male
spouse Leonora Blanche Alleyne

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