Lang, Andrew (1844-1912), was a Scottish scholar and author. Lang wrote a large number of works on a wide variety of subjects. He published poetry, fiction, literary criticism, anthropological studies, translations, children’s books, histories, and biographies.
Lang’s studies of folklore are probably the most enduring of his works. His book Myth, Ritual, and Religion (1887) is an important statement of Lang’s theories about the relationship between folklore and mythology. Lang worked with other scholars on translations of the Greek epics the Iliad and the Odyssey. His translations and critical works on ancient Greek writers made a significant contribution to contemporary interpretations of classical literature. Lang was born on March 31, 1844. He died on July 20, 1912.
