Evald tang kristensen biography definition

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.

Biography

Early life

Born in Nørre Bjert near Kolding, Tang Kristensen had a difficult childhood.

After the death of his father when he was still young, he was brought up on the moors near Viborg by an unsympathetic stepfather and a mother who suffered from excessive housework. He was charged with looking after the family's two cows and was expected to care for his younger siblings.

Bright for his age, he studied Danish with the local pas