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Scottish folklorist (1843–1896) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
William Alexander Clouston (1843 – 23 October 1896) was a Scottish 19th century folklorist from Orkney.[1]
A Supplement to Alliborne's Dictionary (1891, pp. 349–350), as quoted in Folklore,[1] gives the following biographical information:
b. 1843, at Stromness, Orkney Islands, of an old Norse family, in early life was engaged in commercial pursuits in Glasgow and London, but relinquished these to engage in journalism and literature; he edited several Scotch provincial newspapers, 1871-79, and is a writer for the Glasgow Herald, Evening Times, &c. He has given particular attention to Oriental fiction and folklore, and contributed to Sir R. F. Burton's "Supplemental Arabian Nights" analogues and variants of some of the tales in vols. I-III.
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