People named Andrew Lang

Andrew Lang of Huntington, Suffolk County, NY was born on October 24, 1909, and died at age 80 years old on November 15, 1989.

Andrew Lang From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search For other people named Andrew Lang, see Andrew Lang (disambiguation). Andrew Lang FBA Andrew Lang.jpg Born 31 March 1844 Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland Died 20 July 1912 (aged 68) Banchory, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Occupation Poet, novelist, literary critic and anthropologist. Alma mater University of St Andrews Balliol College, Oxford Period 19th century Genre Children's literature Spouse Leonora Blanche Alleyne (m. 1875) Andrew Lang FBA (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. Biography Lang was born in 1844 in Selkirk, Scottish Borders. He was the eldest of the eight children born to John Lang, the town clerk of Selkirk, and his wife Jane Plenderleath Sellar, who was the daughter of Patrick Sellar, factor to the first Duke of Sutherland. On 17 April 1875, he married Leonora Blanche Alleyne, youngest daughter of C. T. Alleyne of Clifton and Barbados. She was (or should have been) variously credited as author, collaborator, or translator of Lang's Color/Rainbow Fairy Books which he edited. He was educated at Selkirk Grammar School, Loretto School, and the Edinburgh Academy, as well as the University of St Andrews and Balliol College, Oxford, where he took a first class in the final classical schools in 1868, becoming a fellow and subsequently honorary fellow of Merton College. He soon made a reputation as one of the most able and versatile writers of the day as a journalist, poet, critic, and historian. He was a member of the Order of the White Rose, a Neo-Jacobite society which attracted many writers and artists in the 1890s and 1900s. In 1906, he was elected FBA. He died of angina pectoris on 20 July 1912 at the Tor-na-Coille Hotel in Banchory, survived by his wife. He was buried in the cathedral precincts at St Andrews, where a monument can be visited in the south-east corner of the 19th century section. "Rumpelstiltskin", from Lang's Fairy Tales Lang is now chiefly known for his publications on folklore, mythology, and religion. The interest in folklore was from early life; he read John Ferguson McLennan before coming to Oxford, and then was influenced by E. B. Tylor. The earliest of his publications is Custom and Myth (1884). In Myth, Ritual and Religion (1887) he explained the "irrational" elements of mythology as survivals from more primitive forms. Lang's Making of Religion was heavily influenced by the 18th century idea of the "noble savage": in it, he maintained the existence of high spiritual ideas among so-called "savage" races, drawing parallels with the contemporary interest in occult phenomena in England.His Blue Fairy Book (1889) was a beautifully produced and illustrated edition of fairy tales that has become a classic. This was followed by many other collections of fairy tales, collectively known as Andrew Lang's Fairy Books. In the preface of the Lilac Fairy Book he credits his wife with translating and transcribing most of the stories in the collections. Lang examined the origins of totemism in Social Origins (1903). Psychical research Lang was one of the founders of "psychical research" and his other writings on anthropology include The Book of Dreams and Ghosts (1897), Magic and Religion (1901) and The Secret of the Totem (1905). He served as President of the Society for Psychical Research in 1911. Lang extensively cited nineteenth- and twentieth-century European spiritualism to challenge the idea of his teacher, Tyler, that belief in spirits and animism were inherently irrational. Lang used Tyler's work and his own psychical research in an effort to posit an anthropological critique of materialism. Classical scholarship See also: English translations of Homer § Lang He collaborated with S. H. Butcher in a prose translation (1879) of Homer's Odyssey, and with E. Myers and Walter Leaf in a prose version (1883) of the Iliad, both still noted for their archaic but attractive style. He was a Homeric scholar of conservative views. Other works include Homer and the Study of Greek found in Essays in Little (1891), Homer and the Epic (1893); a prose translation of The Homeric Hymns (1899), with literary and mythological essays in which he draws parallels between Greek myths and other mythologies; Homer and his Age (1906); and "Homer and Anthropology" (1908). Historian Andrew Lang at work Lang's writings on Scottish history are characterised by a scholarly care for detail, a piquant literary style, and a gift for disentangling complicated questions. The Mystery of Mary Stuart (1901) was a consideration of the fresh light thrown on Mary, Queen of Scots, by the Lennox manuscripts in the University Library, Cambridge, approving of her and criticising her accusers. He also wrote monographs on The Portraits and Jewels of Mary Stuart (1906) and James VI and the Gowrie Mystery (1902). The somewhat unfavourable view of John Knox presented in his book John Knox and the Reformation (1905) aroused considerable controversy. He gave new information about the continental career of the Young Pretender in Pickle the Spy (1897), an account of Alestair Ruadh MacDonnell, whom he identified with Pickle, a notorious Hanoverian spy. This was followed by The Companions of Pickle (1898) and a monograph on Prince Charles Edward (1900). In 1900 he began a History of Scotland from the Roman Occupation (1900). The Valet's Tragedy (1903), which takes its title from an essay on Dumas's Man in the Iron Mask, collects twelve papers on historical mysteries, and A Monk of Fife (1896) is a fictitious narrative purporting to be written by a young Scot in France in 1429–1431.[ Other writings Lang's earliest publication was a volume of metrical experiments, The Ballads and Lyrics of Old France (1872), and this was followed at intervals by other volumes of dainty verse, Ballades in Blue China (1880, enlarged edition, 1888), Ballads and Verses Vain (1884), selected by Mr Austin Dobson; Rhymes à la Mode (1884), Grass of Parnassus (1888), Ban and Arrière Ban (1894), New Collected Rhymes (1905). Lang was active as a journalist in various ways, ranging from sparkling "leaders" for the Daily News to miscellaneous articles for the Morning Post, and for many years he was literary editor of Longman's Magazine; no critic was in more request, whether for occasional articles and introductions to new editions or as editor of dainty reprints. He edited The Poems and Songs of Robert Burns (1896), and was responsible for the Life and Letters (1897) of JG Lockhart, and The Life, Letters and Diaries (1890) of Sir Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh. Lang discussed literary subjects with the same humour and acidity that marked his criticism of fellow folklorists, in Books and Bookmen (1886), Letters to Dead Authors (1886), Letters on Literature (1889), etc.

Andrew G Lang of Baltimore, Baltimore City County, MD was born on October 21, 1922, and died at age 72 years old on January 19, 1995. Andrew Lang was buried at Crownsville Veterans Cemetery Section 5C2 Row 15 Site 20 1122 Sunrise Beach Road, in Crownsville.

Andrew J Lang Jr Jr was born on August 30, 1924, and died at age 42 years old on June 12, 1967. Andrew Lang Jr was buried at Ft. Logan National Cemetery Section R Site 542 4400 West Kenyon Avenue, in Denver, Co. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Andrew J Lang Jr.

Andrew Lang Jr of New York, New York County, NY was born on December 16, 1912, and died at age 72 years old on November 16, 1985. Andrew Lang was buried at Calverton National Cemetery Section 7 Site 143 210 Princeton Boulevard - Rt 25, in Calverton.

Andrew Lang died in September 1957. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Andrew Lang.

Andrew G Lang was born on November 9, 1925, and died at age 74 years old on May 21, 2000. Andrew Lang was buried at Ft. Snelling National Cemetery Section 13 Site 1621 7601 34th Avenue, South, in Minneapolis, Mn. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Andrew G Lang.

Andrew L Lang of Christiansted, Saint Croix County, VI was born on November 20, 1909, and died at age 79 years old on September 22, 1989.

Andrew L Lang Jr of Christiansted, Saint Croix County, VI was born on October 23, 1929, and died at age 71 years old on October 4, 2001.

Andrew Lang of Huntington Park, Los Angeles County, California was born on December 21, 1894, and died at age 76 years old in January 1971.

Andrew Lang of Denver, Denver County, Colorado was born on August 29, 1883, and died at age 82 years old in March 1966.

Andrew Lang of Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, Idaho was born on April 6, 1884, and died at age 93 years old in July 1977.

Andrew Lang of Huron, Beadle County, South Dakota was born on January 27, 1886, and died at age 86 years old in March 1972.

Andrew J Lang of Devils Lake, Ramsey County, ND was born on August 5, 1929, and died at age 75 years old on February 4, 2005.

Andrew B Lang of Springfield, Brown County, MN was born on April 8, 1903, and died at age 90 years old on April 27, 1993.

Andrew Lang was born on May 10, 1907, and died at age 56 years old in March 1964. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Andrew Lang.

Andrew A Lang of Virginia, Saint Louis County, MN was born on October 24, 1919, and died at age 79 years old on April 19, 1999.

Andrew Lang of Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas was born on April 21, 1900, and died at age 65 years old in March 1966.

Andrew Lang Sr of Smithville, Bastrop County, Texas was born on October 24, 1894, and died at age 84 years old in May 1979.

Andrew W Lang of Mission, Hidalgo County, TX was born on March 8, 1917, and died at age 82 years old on June 24, 1999.

Andrew Lang of New Orleans, Orleans County, LA was born on July 8, 1947, and died at age 56 years old on December 1, 2003.

Andrew Martin Lang of Flemingsburg, Fleming County, Kentucky was born on February 1, 1932, and died at age 79 years old on March 20, 2011.

Andrew Lang of Wausau, Marathon County, WI was born on January 9, 1910, and died at age 87 years old on August 25, 1997.

Andrew J Lang of Roscommon, Roscommon County, MI was born on October 18, 1915, and died at age 84 years old on October 20, 1999.

Andrew Lang of Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida was born on May 29, 1923, and died at age 61 years old in August 1984.

Andrew L Lang was born on May 2, 1923, and died at age 67 years old in December 1990. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Andrew L Lang.

Andrew Lang of Tinley Park, Cook County, IL was born on January 19, 1928, and died at age 80 years old on December 3, 2008.

Andrew Lang of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois was born on December 18, 1902, and died at age 77 years old in December 1979.

Andrew Lang of Illinois was born on April 18, 1878, and died at age 87 years old in July 1965.