After graduating, Andrew Langenrolled at Balliol College, Oxford graduating with a first class in 1866. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Andrew-Lang, Undiscovered Scotland - Biography of Andrew Lang, Andrew Lang - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up). Andrew Lang was born on March 31, 1844, in Selkirk to John Lang and Jane Plenderleath Sellar. The Compass Rose – Ursula K. Le Guin 1982 1st Ed. He published ‘The Blue Fairy Book’ in 1889. Fairy Book (1889) appeared, the first of twelve fairy-tale books designated by color (blue, red, green, yellow, pink, gray, violet, crimson, brown, orange, olive, lilac) and edited by Andrew Lang.
Queen Zixi of Ix – L. Frank Baum 1905 1st Ed. Butcher, and of the Iliad (1883), with Walter Leaf and Ernest Myers. He met Leonora Blanche Alleyne, the youngest daughter of C. T. Alleyne, while in London and married her in April 1875. Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar – Edgar Rice Burroughs 1918, Two Wooden Soldiers and a Hobby Horse 1924, Kay Nielsen – Illustrations for Red Magic 1930, Arthur Rackham – Illustrations for Goblin Market 1933, Arthur Rackham – Illustrations for English Fairy Tales 1918, Arthur Rackham – Illustrations for Poor Cecco 1925.
He was a Scottish historian, translator, journalist, lecturer, biographer, poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to anthropology.
Publication of The Blue Fairy Book marked a return to respectability for the … In an attempt to challenge this belief he set out to collect and publish traditional folklores for children.
She was (or should have been) variously credited as author, collaborator, or translator of Lang's Color/Rainbow Fairy Books which he edited. One of his early publication is ‘Custom and Myth’, which was published in 1884. A SHORT BIOGRAPHY & L IST OF W ORKS Andrew Lang (born March 13, 1844, Selkirk, Scotland – died July 20, 1912, Banchory, Kincardineshire) was a prolific Scots man of letters. He died of Angina pectoris on July 20, 1912. https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/andrew-lang-4618.php. He was a prolific writer and contributed dozens of articles and essays to other newspapers and magazines including ‘Cornhill Magazine’, ‘Macmillan’s’, ‘The Daily Post’, ‘Forthnightly Review’, ‘The Overland mail’ and ‘Time’ magazine.
Subsequently he also attended Balliol College, Oxford. A few years later, he published ‘Myth, Ritual and Religion’ in 1887 in which he explained the irrational elements of mythology. He was eldest of the eight siblings.
Lang’s collection The Nursery Rhyme Book (1897), illustrated by L. Leslie Brooke, and his literate retellings of the Arabian Nights (1898) and Tales of Greece and Troy (1907) also remain childhood favorites. He also wrote his own poetry and fiction, but the childhood fascination with fairy tales never left him. Omissions? He realized that in the late 19th century, native fairy tales were falling out of favor with the general public and were even being attacked by some educationalists as being harmful to children. He is best known for his edited series of fairy tales collectively known as ‘The Rainbow Fairy Books’—a collection of folklores and fairy tales published in a series of 12 beautifully illustrated volumes.
Publication of The Blue Fairy Book marked a return to respectability for the imaginative traditional tale, which had been largely rejected in Victorian England in favor of realistic, didactic children’s stories.
He received his early education from Selkirk Grammar School and then enrolled at the Edinburgh Academy, St. Andrews University. He also wrote poems and novels, and was a great writer in his own right but it was his collection of fairy tales that earned him such wide spread popularity and not his … Immersed in nursery rhymes and folktales as a young child, Lang took lifelong pleasure in this literature, a pleasure which took an academic turn when he discovered Homer and later studied classics at Oxford; his subsequent scholarly work in anthropology, particularly mythology, further developed the groundwork for his fairy-book series. He earned special praise for his 12-volume collection of fairy tales, the first volume of which was The Blue Fairy Book (1889) and the last The Lilac Fairy Book (1910). 2012. His fairy book series led to resurgence in the interest in folklores and magical tales and revived the tradition of parents telling delightful fairy tales to children. 18 Jun. The best known books of the series are the 12 collections of fairy tales also known as Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's Fairy Books of Many Colors. Later he turned to history and historical mysteries, notably Pickle the Spy (1897), A History of Scotland from the Roman Occupation, 4 vol. He studied to become a journalist and worked as an editor for the ‘Longman’s Magazine’.
1944): 227–31.JSTOR. He grew up in the scenic locale of Selkirk, a beautiful landscape that inspired in him a love for the outdoors, listening to and reading the tales of Bonnie Prince Charlie and Robert the Bruce. Lang also did important pioneer work in such volumes as Custom and Myth (1884) and Myth, Ritual and Religion (1887). He meticulously collected fairy tales and folklores from far and wide and published them in a series for his readers. He revolutionized children’s literature and inspired many others take up similar endeavors and publish their own series of fairy tales collections.