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Andrew Lang

1844 - 1912

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Andrew Lang (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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Andrew Lang is the 3,219th most popular writer (up from 3,498th in 2019), the 2,613th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,512th in 2019) and the 293rd most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Andrew Lang ranks 3,219 out of 7,302. Before him are Goffredo Mameli, Edith Pargeter, Susanna Hall, Theodor Körner, Charles Kingsley, and Philostratus of Lemnos. After him are Cristina Calderón, Fernán Caballero, Phlegon of Tralles, Yury Tynyanov, John Henry Mackay, and Ignacio Ramonet.

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Among people born in 1844, Andrew Lang ranks 62. Before him are Ivan Yarkovsky, Charles Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Béhanzin, Tivadar Puskás, Robert Themptander, and Cassius Marcellus Coolidge. After him are William Wilson, Gustave Schlumberger, Olga Wisinger-Florian, Édouard Drumont, Franziskus von Paula Graf von Schönborn, and Kuroki Tamemoto. Among people deceased in 1912, Andrew Lang ranks 73. Before him are Takuboku Ishikawa, Mykola Pymonenko, George Maximilianovich, 6th Duke of Leuchtenberg, Francisco Lázaro, Ernest Duchesne, and Henri Brisson. After him are William Wilson, Theodor Gomperz, Paul Wallot, Anna Filosofova, Dmitry Milyutin, and Ida Straus.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Andrew Lang ranks 2,614 out of 8,785. Before him are John Owen (1616), Edith Pargeter (1913), William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst (1773), Susanna Hall (1583), Charles Kingsley (1819), and Stuart Wilson (1946). After him are Edward Daniel Clarke (1769), Edith Tolkien (1889), Frank Finlay (1926), John Henry Mackay (1864), Rupert Sheldrake (1942), and Joe Jordan (1951).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Andrew Lang ranks 293. Before him are Hamnet Shakespeare (1585), Lady Caroline Lamb (1785), Jackie Collins (1937), Edith Pargeter (1913), Susanna Hall (1583), and Charles Kingsley (1819). After him are John Henry Mackay (1864), Eric Ambler (1909), Robert Fisk (1946), Alasdair Gray (1934), David Gemmell (1948), and Maria Edgeworth (1768).

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