Evald Tang Kristensen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Evald Tang Kristensen

Folklore collector and author

Date of Birth: 24-Jan-1843

Place of Birth: Kolding, Region of Southern Denmark, Denmark

Date of Death: 08-Apr-1929

Profession: historian, folklorist, anthropologist, children's writer, collector of fairy tales

Nationality: Denmark

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Evald Tang Kristensen (24 January 1843 – 8 April 1929) was a Danish folklore collector and author.
Working first as a schoolteacher and later solely as a collector, he assembled and published a huge amount of detailed information on all aspects of folklore as he visited country people throughout his native Jutland.