Editing Andrew Lang (section)

{{Short description|Scottish author and critic (1844–1912)}}
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{{Infobox writer
| name        = Andrew Lang
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|FBA|size=100%}}
| image       = Andrew Lang.jpg
| caption     = Lang in 1888
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| birth_date  = {{birth date|df=yes|1844|3|31}}
| birth_place = [[Selkirk, Scottish Borders|Selkirk]], [[Selkirkshire]], Scotland
| death_date  = {{death date and age|df=yes|1912|7|20|1844|3|31}}
| death_place = [[Banchory]], [[Aberdeenshire]], Scotland
| alma_mater  = {{unbulleted list | [[University of St Andrews]] | [[Balliol College, Oxford]]}}
| occupation  = {{hlist | Poet | novelist | literary critic | anthropologist}}
| period      = 19th century
| genre       = Children's literature
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| spouse      = {{marriage|[[Leonora Blanche Alleyne]]|1875}}
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'''Andrew Lang''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|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 [[folkloristics|collector]] of [[folklore|folk]] and [[fairy tales]]. The [[Andrew Lang lecture]]s at the [[University of St Andrews]] are named after him.