What is Andrew Lang?
{{Infobox writer | name = Andrew Lang | image = Andrew Lang.jpg | imagesize = 200px | caption = Andrew Lang | pseudonym = | birth_date = {{birth date|1844|3|31|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Selkirk, Scottish Borders|Selkirk]], [[Scottish Borders]], Scotland | death_date = {{death date and age|1912|7|20|1844|3|31|df=y}} | death_place = [[Banchory]], [[Aberdeenshire]], Scotland | occupation = Writer (poet, novelist), Literary critic, Anthropologist | nationality = Scottish | period = 19th century | genre = [[Children's Literature]] | subject = | movement = | influences = | influenced = | signature = | website = }} '''Andrew Lang''' (31 March 1844 – 20 July 1912) was a [[Scotland|Scots]] [[poet]], [[novelist]], [[literary critic]], and contributor to the field of [[anthropology]]. He is best known as a [[folkloristics|collector]] of [[folklore|folk]] and [[fairy tales]]. The [[Andrew Lang lecture]]s at the [[University of St Andrews]] are named after him.<ref>{{cite journal|title=LANG, Andrew|journal=Who's Who|year=1907|volume= 59|page=1016|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yEcuAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1016}}</ref> ==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. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline}} * [https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3Aandrew%20lang%20AND%20mediatype%3Atexts Works by Andrew Lang] at [[Internet Archive]] * [http://www.mythfolklore.net/andrewlang/ Andrew Lang Fairy Tale Books] * [http://flyingchipmunkpublishing.com/Index_to_Tales_in_Andrew_Lang_Fairy_Tale_Books.htm Index to the fairy tales in the Andrew Lang Fairy Tale Books] * [http://www.maidofheaven.com/joanofarc_scots_monk1.asp A Monk of Fife Complete Book Online] * [http://publicliterature.org/books/custom_and_myth/xaa.php Custom an