Andrew Lang

Andrew Lang was born in 1844 in Selkirk, Scotland, in the Border country made famous by the stories of Walter Scott. He studied at the University of St Andrews and at Balliol College, Oxford, and became a fellow of Merton College before moving to London to work as a journalist and critic. He was a remarkably varied writer: he published poetry, novels, history, studies of myth and folklore, and translations of Homer's Odyssey and Iliad with other scholars. He is best remembered for the Fairy Books, beginning with The Blue Fairy Book in 1889 and continuing through twelve colors, from red and green to lilac. The books gathered stories from many countries and were largely translated and retold by his wife, Leonora Blanche Alleyne, and other collaborators. Their popularity helped bring fairy tales back into favor as reading for children. Lang also edited a children's edition of The Arabian Nights. He died in 1912.

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Faith: Faith not well documented; he wrote widely on myth, folklore and religion as a scholar. Source: Wikipedia