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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andrew Lang has received more than 521,930 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Andrew Lang is the 3,498th most popular writer (up from 3,541st in 2019), the 2,511th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,620th in 2019) and the 285th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 520k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The book of saints and heroes
Christian saints
1930
The Brown Fairy Book
1904
The Yellow Fairy Book
1894
The red fairy book
1890
The Blue Fairy Book
1891
The Green Fairy Book
1899

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Andrew Lang ranks 3,498 out of 7,302. Before him are Maria Pia de Saxe-Coburgo e Bragança, Jeff Lindsay, Rosa Montero, Mirko Kovač, Viktor Rydberg, and Dunash ben Labrat. After him are Bonaventure des Périers, Hafez Ibrahim, Yang Jiang, Hulda Garborg, Filip Višnjić, and William Cowper.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1844, Andrew Lang ranks 68. Before him are Ivan Yarkovsky, Catherine Breshkovsky, Gyula Benczúr, Sanford B. Dole, Olga Wisinger-Florian, and Konstantin Savitsky. After him are Patrick Manson, William Wilson, Pyotr Tkachev, James Guillaume, Duke Alexander of Oldenburg, and Anna Lea Merritt. Among people deceased in 1912, Andrew Lang ranks 80. Before him are Paul Wallot, Björn Jónsson, Clara Barton, Henri Brisson, José Canalejas, and Émile Lemoine. After him are Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo, Lewis Boss, Dmitry Milyutin, Walter Clopton Wingfield, William Wilson, and Jaroslav Vrchlický.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Andrew Lang ranks 2,511 out of 8,785. Before him are Joanne Whalley (1961), W. Ross Ashby (1903), Æthelheard of Wessex (750), Carl Cox (1962), Peter Atkins (1940), and Guy Burgess (1911). After him are Tony Abbott (1957), John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll (1845), William Cowper (1731), Matt Smith (1982), Natalie Dormer (1982), and Blaze Bayley (1963).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Andrew Lang ranks 285. Before him are Grace Elliott (1754), J. B. Priestley (1894), John Osborne (1929), John Evelyn (1620), Robert Kerr (1755), and David C. H. Austin (1926). After him are William Cowper (1731), Henri Alleg (1921), Edwin Arnold (1832), Leslie Stephen (1832), Edith Durham (1863), and George Gissing (1857).

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