Edwin Sidney Hartland

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Edwin Sidney Hartland (1848–1927) was an author of works on folklore.

Biography

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Hartland was born in Islington, eventually making his career as a solicitor in Swansea. His father, E. J. Hartland, was a congregational minister. Throughout his life he served in many judicial positions and on public committees in Swansea and at Gloucester, and took a particular interest in education.[1]

Hartland's works include anthologies of tales, and theories on anthropology and mythology with an ethnological perspective. He believed that the assembling and study of persistent and widespread folklore provided a scientific insight into custom and belief. Hartland was president of the Folklore Society, 1899–1901, and contributed to its journal Folk-Lore; his earlier contributions included a dispute with Andrew Lang.[2]

His daughter was magistrate Ethel Mary Hartland.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Haddon, A. C. (30 June 1926). "In Memoriam: Edwin Sidney Hartland (1848-1927)". Folklore. 37 (2): 178–192. doi:10.1080/0015587x.1926.9718357. JSTOR 1255689.
  2. ^ "Edwin Sidney Hartland", A Dictionary of English Folklore, Oxford University Press, 2003
  3. ^ Logan, Anne (8 August 2019), "Hartland, Ethel Mary (1875–1964), suffragist and magistrate", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.369110, ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8, retrieved 19 October 2025
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